Officials: Female Runner Is Female

Will Caster Semenya have lost her speed and focus after international debate about her gender and 11 months of “gender tests”? The International Association of Athletics Federations has given the 19-year-old South African the green light to return to running. Semenya, for those who don’t remember, had her gender called into question after she won the women’s 800m at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin last August. After an 11-month investigation, the IAAF issued a statement saying that it “accepts the conclusion of a panel of medical experts that she can compete with immediate effect.”