It is August 2009 in Berlin, Germany, at the finals of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships. It’s the 800 meters race; among the eight female runners is 18-year-old South African Caster Semenya, in a yellow track top and green shorts. She had bested the senior and junior South African records held by South African female athletes Zelda Pretorius and Zola Pieterse, popularly known as Zola Budd. Semenya continued to press on training to compete in the IAAF World Championship 2009 in August in Berlin. Despite the controversy with the IAAF, Semenya had been dubbed a hero by many for the way she handled the situation.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 19, 2019 10:52 UTC