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'Shattered' Caster Semenya becomes a recluse following claims she is half male
By Sportsmail Reporter
Last updated at 11:33 AM on 16th September 2009
Humiliated athlete Caster Semenya has become a recluse and is 'completely shattered' by claims she is half male.
The 18-year-old South African 800m world champion has hid herself away at Pretoria University amid claims gender tests have proved she has internal testes and no womb.
And Athletics South Africa official Phiwe Mlangeni-Tsholetsane has revealed Semenya is struggling to come to terms with such awful global publicity.
Miles clear: South Africa's Caster Semenya wins the 800m World Championships with plenty to spare
She added: 'Caster is completely shattered by all that has been said about her. She gets all the newspapers and reads them thoroughly. She has cable TV in her bedroom so there is no escape from all of this.'
Semenya's nightmare started a month ago during the World Championships in Berlin when she won 800m gold in a time of 1min 55.45sec, the fastest time in the world this year.
Her masculine looks and vastly-improved times started the debate which has been fuelled by unconfirmed reports that gender tests have discovered she is a hermaphrodite.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-1213808/Shattered-Caster-Semenya-recluse-following-claims-half-male.html#ixzz0RHwo69Qy
By Sportsmail Reporter
Last updated at 11:33 AM on 16th September 2009
Humiliated athlete Caster Semenya has become a recluse and is 'completely shattered' by claims she is half male.
The 18-year-old South African 800m world champion has hid herself away at Pretoria University amid claims gender tests have proved she has internal testes and no womb.
And Athletics South Africa official Phiwe Mlangeni-Tsholetsane has revealed Semenya is struggling to come to terms with such awful global publicity.
Miles clear: South Africa's Caster Semenya wins the 800m World Championships with plenty to spareShe added: 'Caster is completely shattered by all that has been said about her. She gets all the newspapers and reads them thoroughly. She has cable TV in her bedroom so there is no escape from all of this.'
Semenya's nightmare started a month ago during the World Championships in Berlin when she won 800m gold in a time of 1min 55.45sec, the fastest time in the world this year.
Her masculine looks and vastly-improved times started the debate which has been fuelled by unconfirmed reports that gender tests have discovered she is a hermaphrodite.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-1213808/Shattered-Caster-Semenya-recluse-following-claims-half-male.html#ixzz0RHwo69Qy
Paul Marin -19 is one thing, 20 is a whole other matter. It gets even worse if they win the UCL. *groan*. 
05/18/2011.MU fans naah cough, but all a unuh a vomit?-Lazie 1/11/2015