﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>IAAF news stories on Newser</title><description>Read more IAAF stories on Newser</description><link>http://www.newser.com/taggrid/10512/iaaf.html</link><copyright>2009 - Newser</copyright><language>en-us</language><generator>Newser Feed Generator</generator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 8:56:10 CST</pubDate><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/74594/the-meaning-of-caster-semenya.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>The Meaning of Caster Semenya</title><description>South Africa has rallied around Caster Semenya, but the IAAF still has no idea what to do with her—or the question of gender as a whole. Semenya’s case is particularly personal for South Africans. The country has an unusually high number of intersexed individuals, and apartheid left behind dark...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/74594/the-meaning-of-caster-semenya.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:43:04 CST</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/74481/iaaf-denies-it-okd-gold-medal-for-semenya.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>IAAF Denies It OK'd Gold Medal for Semenya</title><description>The International Association of Athletics Foundation is denying claims by the South African government that it decided to allow runner Caster Semenya to keep her gold medal in the wake of questions about her gender. South African officials announced yesterday that Semenya has been cleared of "wrongdoing" and would be...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/74481/iaaf-denies-it-okd-gold-medal-for-semenya.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 3:54:22 CST</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/74362/semenya-will-keep-medals-gender-test-confidential.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Semenya Will Keep Medals; Gender Test Confidential</title><description>South African runner Caster Semenya will keep her 800-meter gold medal from the world championships, and she'll keep the results of her gender tests to herself, the South African sports ministry said today. The ministry also said that the 18-year-old Semenya will be allowed to keep her prize money. "Whatever...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/74362/semenya-will-keep-medals-gender-test-confidential.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 7:01:08 CST</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/69812/athletics-boss-i-lied-about-semenya.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Athletics Boss: I Lied About Semenya</title><description>The president of Athletics South Africa admitted today that he lied to cover up gender tests conducted on runner Caster Semenya, saying he was trying to protect her, the Mail &amp; Guardian reports. Leonard Chuene also admitted to rejecting advice from an ASA team doctor to withdraw Semenya from last...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/69812/athletics-boss-i-lied-about-semenya.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:21:48 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/69189/semenya-ban-would-start-world-war-iii-s-africa.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Semenya Ban Would Start World War III: S. Africa</title><description>South Africa’s sports minister threatened “the third world war” if Caster Semenya is barred from competing in women’s sporting events because of the results of a sex test, the BBC reports. Such a decision “would be totally unfair and totally unjust,” said the official. “We would go to the highest...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/69189/semenya-ban-would-start-world-war-iii-s-africa.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:47:58 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/69098/semenya-is-a-hermaphrodite-aussie-tab.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Semenya Is a Hermaphrodite: Aussie Tab</title><description>South African track star Caster Semenya is a hermaphrodite, the Daily Telegraph of Australia reports. The 18-year-old has no ovaries or uterus, according to the tabloid, which cites "a source closely involved" in tests ordered by the international track and field governing body after Semenya won the gold medal in...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/69098/semenya-is-a-hermaphrodite-aussie-tab.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:44:52 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/68922/experts-called-in-to-review-semenyas-gender-tests.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Experts Called In to Review Semenya's Gender Tests</title><description>The International Association of Athletics Federations' gender testing on Caster Semenya is complete, and enough doubt remains that she is truly female that experts have been called in to examine the results, the Daily Telegraph reports. The review will determine whether the South African runner suffers from a chromosomal disorder...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/68922/experts-called-in-to-review-semenyas-gender-tests.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 2:44:09 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/67433/is-she-a-man-is-phelps-a-fish.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Is She a Man? Is Phelps a Fish?</title><description>It's wrong to be subjecting South African sprinter Caster Semenya to "a public slaying," writes Antonia Senior, who says that debating her gender has no more credibility than asking if "Michael Phelps is really a fish." For the Times of London columnist, sports are now "increasingly the showground of the...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/67433/is-she-a-man-is-phelps-a-fish.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 8:55:01 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/67300/s-african-track-star-told-to-take-gender-test.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>S. African Track Star Told to Take Gender Test</title><description>The International Association of Athletics Federations has asked South African track star Caster Semenya to undergo gender testing, the BBC reports. The 18-year-old Semenya won the 800-meter final today at the World Championships in Berlin, just weeks after becoming African junior champion by smashing the South African record.</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/67300/s-african-track-star-told-to-take-gender-test.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:35:02 CDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>