Caster Semenya — a two-time Olympic champion — is speaking out against International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry after the organization banned transgender athletes from competition.
Semenya, who is South African, shared her disappointment in Coventry (a fellow African woman) in a press conference on Sunday, March 29, after a women’s race in Cape Town.
“Personally, for her as a leader, she’s an African, I’m sure she understands how, you know, we as Africans, we are coming from, as a global South, you know, you cannot control genetics,” Semenya said. “For me personally, for her b...
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