CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Caster Semenya is making a bold bid for double gold in the women’s 800m and 1500m but her only guarantee at the World Athletics Championship in London is further scrutiny of the gender controversy that has dogged her career. All of this, though, will come under a cloud of controversy at the Aug. 4-13 championships as many feel high testosterone levels give her an unfair advantage. Anticipating a storm, Semenya this month granted a rare interview to South Africa’s SuperSport TV channel, expressing her frustration at continually having her gender questioned. “I don’t understand when you say I have an advantage because I am a woman,” she said. Semenya has run the distance only once this year, winning the South African student championship in April, but she is the reigning African champion from Durban last year where she set a personal best of 4:01.19.

Source: The Star July 31, 2017 17:48 UTC