Read more athletics stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/6701/athletics.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:00:56 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74594/the-meaning-of-caster-semenya.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSouth 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...http://www.newser.com/story/74594/the-meaning-of-caster-semenya.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 13:43:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74362/semenya-will-keep-medals-gender-test-confidential.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSouth 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...http://www.newser.com/story/74362/semenya-will-keep-medals-gender-test-confidential.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 7:01:08 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70691/strip-clubs-ad-pokes-fun-at-hermaphrodite-runner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA strip club’s seemingly obvious reference to the South African runner revealed to be a hermaphrodite is, predictably, drawing complaints—though the club’s owner says his billboard proclaiming “No need for gender testing!” underneath a busty model isn’t a stab at Caster Semenya. Lolly Jackson says the latest promotional blitz...http://www.newser.com/story/70691/strip-clubs-ad-pokes-fun-at-hermaphrodite-runner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 22:43:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69835/south-africa-ax-lying-semenya-official.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSouth African government officials are calling for the firing of an athletic director who admitted lying about gender tests before Caster Semenya entered her controversial World Championship race last month. "His lies were to Ms. Semenya's detriment," said a statement from the nation's sports minister, reports the BBC. Leonard Chuene...http://www.newser.com/story/69835/south-africa-ax-lying-semenya-official.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 20 Sep 2009 7:02:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69098/semenya-is-a-hermaphrodite-aussie-tab.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSouth 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...http://www.newser.com/story/69098/semenya-is-a-hermaphrodite-aussie-tab.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 17:44:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68922/experts-called-in-to-review-semenyas-gender-tests.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 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...http://www.newser.com/story/68922/experts-called-in-to-review-semenyas-gender-tests.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Sep 2009 2:44:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68577/critics-boo-as-schools-nix-athletic-cheerleading.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDitch all those nasty gymnastics routines, girls, and look cute again! That's what some observers heard when the University of Connecticut ended gymnastic and tumbling skills in its cheerleaders' routines last week, Sarah Ball writes in Newsweek . "Even if school officials weren't solely motivated by wanting to see less gymnastics...http://www.newser.com/story/68577/critics-boo-as-schools-nix-athletic-cheerleading.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 05 Sep 2009 19:19:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67712/huge-welcome-home-for-first-lady-semenya.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWorld champion sprinter Caster Semenya received a heroine's welcome today in Johannesburg, where thousands of South Africans waved signs reading "Our first lady of sport" and "100% female woman." The 18-year-old runner, caught up in suspicions about her gender, had a huge smile as spectators sang and danced around her...http://www.newser.com/story/67712/huge-welcome-home-for-first-lady-semenya.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Aug 2009 7:15:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67541/women-time-to-compete-against-the-men.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFemale athletes will always be inherently inferior to their male counterparts unless they can directly prove their mettle against them, Dominic Lawson writes in a provocative column for the Times of London. His solution: “Let there be no male or female athletics championships. Instead, let men and women—and all...http://www.newser.com/story/67541/women-time-to-compete-against-the-men.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 23 Aug 2009 12:56:48 CDT