MwanaFalsafa1
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"Then Caster said: 'Do you want me to pull down my pants that you can see?'
Umbo la dume!
Je k. anayo??
Semenya's mother, Dorcus, has leapt to the defence of her child, telling the Star newspaper: "I am not even worried about that (claims she is a male) because I know who and what my child is.
"Mokgadi (Caster Semenya) is a girl and no one can change that.
"If you go (to) my home village and ask any of my neighbours, they would tell you that Mokgadi is a girl.
"They know because they helped raise her. People can say whatever they like but the truth will remain, which is that my child is a girl."
...Je k. anayo??
Mbu, mbona huyu ni mwanaume kabisa kwa nionavyo!..du!
I wouldn't go as far to say that it is because she was black that is why the gender issue has been raised. I think the doubt raised is legitimate, and am pretty sure the athletic body have thought it through before asking for a gender test. They know they will be setting a precedence. That is, from now on, gender testing will be required for every doubted athlete, which may lead to law suits.
The issue of gender ambiguity is very complicated and not just from the physiological view point or/and genetic predisposition. It also questions the very definition of what we socially come to accept as female or male. Because at what degree of this XX / XY chromosomes mix-up can we say that one should definitely be categories as a female (or a male). It would seem to me that, the degree of mosaicism may vary from individuals to individuals, and may not necessarily correlative to one's physical appearance. Take for example the French tennis player - Amelie Mauresmo. To me the only thing that makes her a woman, as far as the appearance is concern is her breast. Otherwise, she is all a man.
My 0.2
...mnh, we acha tu; habari ndio hiyo mydear...
Maria Mutola is often ranked as the greatest female 800 m runner of all time.
Hwana lolote hawa jamaa majungu na uvundo tu.
wale wanawake wa kijamaica na amrekani mbona nao wamekomaa sana kwanini hawanzi nao?
Wao na mama yake nani kakaa naye mpaka asimjue kama ni wakike ama la?
Jinga sana hawa.
This shark-like singularity of purpose has led some to attribute the swimmers success to his hydrodynamic physique. Yet at 6ft 4in Phelps is not as tall as Tom Malchow (6ft 6in), the previous world record holder in the 200m butterfly, and his famous 6ft 7in wingspan does not approach the 7ft 5in reach of Michael Gross, who dominated the same event for much of the 1980s.
Phelps has several in-built advantages, notably an abnormally low build-up in the blood of lactic acid, which causes tiredness. Most swimmers require 20-30 minutes to recover from a race: Phelps can bounce back in 10 minutes, his energy level boosted by a 12,000-calorie daily diet, five times the intake of a normal adult male. He demonstrated this sensationally on Wednesday by winning the 200m butterfly in record time and then leading Americas 4x200m freestyle relay team to another record. He is also double-jointed in his elbows, knees and ankles, which extends his reach.
Nukuu toka: Times Online Aug 17, 2008
What is your take on this? What problems would there be if this test issue was to be raised before or then after the ran?...