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Gender Verification

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Gender Verification
Sex chromosome testing in the Olympic Games, to prevent genetic males from masquerading as females in womens’ events


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She underwent gender verification tests this summer in South Africa and Germany and a panel of experts has been studying the results for the IAAF.
The country's Olympic governing body took the decision in connection with how the athlete's gender verification tests were handled by ASA.
Hours before the 18-year-old was scheduled to compete in the 800m final of the World Athletics Championships in Berlin in August 2009, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) confirmed leaked press reports that Semenya was being made to undergo gender verification testing.
 
 
 
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