One year out from the London Olympics, Caster Semenya is perhaps the biggest wild card in the history of track and field. Will we see the Semenya of 2009 who looked unbeatable and destined to break the nearly three decade old 800-meter world record? Or has the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) forced her to undergo some feminizing medical treatment, in order to be allowed to compete as a woman, that will progressively slow her down? Semenya is simply an unknown, just as she was coming into the '09 world track and field championships.
South Africa's Caster Semenya became the latest high-profile athlete to pull out of the troubled Commonwealth Games, with a back injury cited as she withdrew Tuesday.
South Africa has named Caster Semenya, the women's world 800 meter champion, in their squad for the 2010 Commonwealth Games which will take place in New Delhi, India.
World champion Caster Semenya raced to her second 800 meter victory in four days following her return from an 11-month absence to undergo gender tests.
South Africa's Caster Semenya has been given the all-clear to compete again as a woman after undergoing a series of gender tests, the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) announced Tuesday.
The IAAF says South Africa's Caster Semenya can keep competing as a woman after she underwent a series of gender tests.
A press conference that was expected to reveal whether world 800 meter champion Caster Semenya could compete again has been postponed at the last minute.
Caster Semenya has been left out of South Africa's squad for the African Athletics Championships, which take place in Kenya from July 28 to August 1.
South African Caster Semenya will return to competitive athletics on June 24 in a meeting in Zaragoza, Spain.
Lawyers representing world 800 meters champion Caster Semenya have told CNN they will protect her right to race after she was prevented from competing in South Africa this week.
Caster Semenya, the world 800 meters champion facing an investigation into her gender, has announced her intention to return to athletic competition this season.
South African officials say South African track star Caster Semenya should keep her gold medal.
South African runner Caster Semenya is not yet eligible to compete because of pending ruling on her gender status, the country's Olympic committee said, following reports that she has been cleared to run in races starting next month.
South African runner Caster Semenya will be allowed to keep the gold medal she won in the women's 800-meters at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany, in August, the country's sports ministry announced Thursday.
So this week's much anticipated news about South African women's world 800-meter champ Caster Semenya turns out to be that there is no news on the most controversial issue: whether Semenya will be allowed to continue competing as a female.
South African athlete Caster Semenya must endure a further wait before she learns her fate in the gender test row which has overshadowed her victory in the 800m at the world championships earlier this year.
The president of Athletics South Africa has been suspended for lying about his involvement in the Caster Semenya gender row.
A top South African official admits he lied about gender tests for runner Caster Semenya. CNN's Robyn Curnow reports.
The president of Athletics South Africa has admitted that he lied about gender tests on runner Caster Semenya before her gold-medal win at the World Athletics Championships last month.
A South African government minister called on Leonard Chuene to resign after the national athletics chief admitted he knew Caster Semenya had undergone a gender test prior to the World Championships.
The South African government has reportedly complained to the United Nations over the treatment of controversial track and field star Caster Semenya.
A lot of people have been outraged by the gender verification testing that South African athlete Caster Semenya has been put through, and have been trying to be supportive of her; but in doing so, they often further prejudice against the very thing which she appears to be: intersex.
She lost her career, was ostracized and driven to a suicide attempt.
SI.com's David Epstein addresses key questions in the case of South African runner Caster Semenya, who is the subject of controversy about her gender.
An Australian newspaper reports Caster Semenya is a hermaphrodite. CNN's Robyn Curnow explains.
The international governing body for athletics urged caution Friday after reports that the world-champion South African runner Caster Semenya has both male and female organs.
Caster Semenya, the athlete at the center of a gender row, has appeared in a photo glamour shoot in her native South Africa.
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