Report: Australian newspaper says 800m world champion Caster Semenya is a hermaphrodite.
*The IAAF tests are back and reportedly reveal that 18-year-old Caster Semenya has both male and female sexual organs. The results of a controversial gender test on the South African athlete are in the hands of international athletics officials but will only be made public officially after they have been analysed by experts and Semenya has been informed, according to reports. But why wait, since Australia's Sydney Morning Herald newspaper has already reported that Semenya has male and female sexual organs. The paper is reporting that extensive examinations of Semenya have shown she is technically a hermaphrodite. That means she has no ovaries, but rather has internal male testes, which are producing large amounts of testosterone. This is where even more drama jumps off. A spokesman for the International Association of Athletics Federations is reported to have said that its urgent efforts to contact Semenya, the women's 800 metres world champion, were being thwarted by South African athletics authorities. Adding to the confusion, Athletics South Africa (ASA) has denied the claim, insisting that it has not yet heard from the IAAF.