RIO DE JANEIRO -- Caster Semenya is the Olympic champion nearly seven years to the day after she arrived in track and field and sparked a controversy so complex and so sensitive, the sport is still struggling to deal with it.
[b]Timothe Luwawu Jersey[/b] .Against her wishes, the 25-year-old South African has become the face of the debate over whether women with much higher levels of testosterone than normal should be allowed to compete, unchecked, in top-level athletics. Because of Semenya, the IAAF put rules in place in 2011 to regulate womens testosterone levels, believing that high levels of the hormone gave them an unfair advantage. But the rules were dropped last year after a legal challenge by Indian sprinter Dutee Chand and were not in place at the Olympics.Semenya and Chand are not the only ones the rules were apparently lifted for. There are also believed to be other female athletes to compete at the Rio Games with a condition called hyperandrogenism, giving them abnormally high levels of naturally-occurring testosterone.Heres Semenyas story up to now, and an explanation of hyperandrogenism rules:---August, 2009:Semenya wins the 800-meter world title in Berlin as an 18-year-old newcomer, dominating a field packed full of the worlds best runners to triumph by a huge margin -- and stunning everyone watching. It was only half the story. Hours before the race, news leaked that the IAAF had conducted unspecified medical tests on the teenager. The tests -- likely to verify Semenyas sex and also to measure her testosterone levels -- led to her being declared ineligible to compete for 11 months. The IAAF has never commented publicly on the medical details of Semenyas case. It was also later revealed that South Africas track federation asked Semenya to have medical examinations.---March, 2010:Suspended -- apparently because of her high testosterone levels -- and frustrated with being forced to sit on the sidelines, Semenya turns up at a track meet in Stellenbosch, South Africa and demands to be allowed to run. Organizers, respecting the IAAF suspension, didnt let her. In a statement released through her lawyers, she then made clear her feelings:I have been subjected to unwarranted and invasive scrutiny of the most intimate and private details of my being, Semenya said. Some of the occurrences leading up to and immediately following the Berlin World Championships have infringed on not only my rights as an athlete but also my fundamental and human rights.It was one of few occasions where Semenya has spoken publicly about her situation.---July, 2010:In a brief, three-sentence statement, the IAAF announces that Semenya is cleared to compete again against other women, nearly a year after her gold at the worlds. The IAAF gave no details, only saying: The process initiated in 2009 in the case of Caster Semenya (RSA) has now been completed. The process the IAAF referred to is believed to be a course of testosterone-suppressing medication to reduce Semenyas hormone levels to within the normal female range. She kept her world championships gold medal and title.---September, 2011:Semenya, likely while taking the hormone medication, wins silver in the 800 meters at the world championships in Daegu, South Korea, behind Russias Mariya Savinova.---August, 2012:Semenya, a hero back home, carries South Africas flag in the opening ceremony at the London Olympics. On the track, she again finishes with silver behind Savinova, the Russian athlete now accused of doping. But the controversy over Semenya is stirred again when a television commentator suggests she may have lost intentionally to avoid the scrutiny that would come with a gold medal. Semenya dismisses the suggestion as nonsense.---2013-15:In terms of results on the track, its the toughest period in Semenyas career. Struggling with injury, and going through multiple coaching changes, Semenya slips down the pecking order in the 800. Its also speculated that the hormone medication is having an effect on her performances. In 2014, Semenyas best time was 2 minutes, 2.66 seconds, a huge seven seconds slower than the personal-best of 1:55.45 she ran in that breakthrough race at the 2009 world champs. She didnt even qualify for the final of the 2015 world championships a year ago, finishing last in her semifinal.---July, 2015:But a month before those 2015 worlds, a decision is made in sports highest court that has a huge bearing on Semenyas story. The Indian runner Chand opens up about her hyperandrogenism -- the only current athlete to do so -- and challenges the IAAF on rules that limit womens naturally-occurring testosterone. She won a temporary order, and the IAAF was told to drop the rules regulating testosterone until they can show how much of an advantage it gives to athletes.---July, 2016:Semenya, back to the dominating form of 2009 and easily the strongest 800 meter runner in the world again, runs a personal-best time of 1:55.33 at the Diamond League meet in Monaco. Its the fastest anywhere in the world for eight years. She goes even faster at the Rio Olympics.---Aug. 20, 2016:Semenya wins her first Olympic title, with her victory coming two hours after IAAF President Sebastian Coe, who was at the Olympic Stadium, says the international athletics body will go back to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in an attempt to have the testosterone-limiting rules reinstated.---Follow Gerald Imray on Twitter:
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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Caster Semenya is the Olympic champion nearly seven years to the day after she arrived in track and field and sparked a controversy so complex and so sensitive, the sport is still struggling to deal with it. [b]Timothe Luwawu Jersey[/b] .Against her wishes, the 25-year-old South African has become the face of the debate over whether women with much higher levels of testosterone than normal should be allowed to compete, unchecked, in top-level athletics. Because of Semenya, the IAAF put rules in place in 2011 to regulate womens testosterone levels, believing that high levels of the hormone gave them an unfair advantage. But the rules were dropped last year after a legal challenge by Indian sprinter Dutee Chand and were not in place at the Olympics.Semenya and Chand are not the only ones the rules were apparently lifted for. There are also believed to be other female athletes to compete at the Rio Games with a condition called hyperandrogenism, giving them abnormally high levels of naturally-occurring testosterone.Heres Semenyas story up to now, and an explanation of hyperandrogenism rules:---August, 2009:Semenya wins the 800-meter world title in Berlin as an 18-year-old newcomer, dominating a field packed full of the worlds best runners to triumph by a huge margin -- and stunning everyone watching. It was only half the story. Hours before the race, news leaked that the IAAF had conducted unspecified medical tests on the teenager. The tests -- likely to verify Semenyas sex and also to measure her testosterone levels -- led to her being declared ineligible to compete for 11 months. The IAAF has never commented publicly on the medical details of Semenyas case. It was also later revealed that South Africas track federation asked Semenya to have medical examinations.---March, 2010:Suspended -- apparently because of her high testosterone levels -- and frustrated with being forced to sit on the sidelines, Semenya turns up at a track meet in Stellenbosch, South Africa and demands to be allowed to run. Organizers, respecting the IAAF suspension, didnt let her. In a statement released through her lawyers, she then made clear her feelings:I have been subjected to unwarranted and invasive scrutiny of the most intimate and private details of my being, Semenya said. Some of the occurrences leading up to and immediately following the Berlin World Championships have infringed on not only my rights as an athlete but also my fundamental and human rights.It was one of few occasions where Semenya has spoken publicly about her situation.---July, 2010:In a brief, three-sentence statement, the IAAF announces that Semenya is cleared to compete again against other women, nearly a year after her gold at the worlds. The IAAF gave no details, only saying: The process initiated in 2009 in the case of Caster Semenya (RSA) has now been completed. The process the IAAF referred to is believed to be a course of testosterone-suppressing medication to reduce Semenyas hormone levels to within the normal female range. She kept her world championships gold medal and title.---September, 2011:Semenya, likely while taking the hormone medication, wins silver in the 800 meters at the world championships in Daegu, South Korea, behind Russias Mariya Savinova.---August, 2012:Semenya, a hero back home, carries South Africas flag in the opening ceremony at the London Olympics. On the track, she again finishes with silver behind Savinova, the Russian athlete now accused of doping. But the controversy over Semenya is stirred again when a television commentator suggests she may have lost intentionally to avoid the scrutiny that would come with a gold medal. Semenya dismisses the suggestion as nonsense.---2013-15:In terms of results on the track, its the toughest period in Semenyas career. Struggling with injury, and going through multiple coaching changes, Semenya slips down the pecking order in the 800. Its also speculated that the hormone medication is having an effect on her performances. In 2014, Semenyas best time was 2 minutes, 2.66 seconds, a huge seven seconds slower than the personal-best of 1:55.45 she ran in that breakthrough race at the 2009 world champs. She didnt even qualify for the final of the 2015 world championships a year ago, finishing last in her semifinal.---July, 2015:But a month before those 2015 worlds, a decision is made in sports highest court that has a huge bearing on Semenyas story. The Indian runner Chand opens up about her hyperandrogenism -- the only current athlete to do so -- and challenges the IAAF on rules that limit womens naturally-occurring testosterone. She won a temporary order, and the IAAF was told to drop the rules regulating testosterone until they can show how much of an advantage it gives to athletes.---July, 2016:Semenya, back to the dominating form of 2009 and easily the strongest 800 meter runner in the world again, runs a personal-best time of 1:55.33 at the Diamond League meet in Monaco. Its the fastest anywhere in the world for eight years. She goes even faster at the Rio Olympics.---Aug. 20, 2016:Semenya wins her first Olympic title, with her victory coming two hours after IAAF President Sebastian Coe, who was at the Olympic Stadium, says the international athletics body will go back to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in an attempt to have the testosterone-limiting rules reinstated.---Follow Gerald Imray on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GeraldImrayAP [b]Charles Barkley Jersey[/b] . PAUL, Minn. [b]Richaun Holmes Jersey[/b] . Manuel was offered a position the day he was fired. He accepted earlier this week and the team made the announcement Friday. [b]http://www.official76ersproshop.com/kids-dana-barros-76ers-jersey/[/b] . 1, meaning problems for the doping controls at both major international sports events next year. The World Anti-Doping Agency provisionally suspended the Moscow Antidoping Center on Sunday, saying its operations must improve or a six-month ban on the facilitys accreditation will be imposed. NORTON, Mass. -- The Ryder Cup loss at Medinah is what accelerated Steve Strickers plan to reduce his schedule after 2012.And it was the Ryder Cup that caused him to fill up his schedule again.Stricker was not planning to play in any of the FedEx Cup playoff events. His primary goal this year was to finish in the top 125 in the FedEx Cup so he would be eligible for The Players Championship and other tournaments that he enjoys playing.So what was he doing at The Barclays and the Deutsche Bank Championship?Theres only one reason Im here, he said over the weekend at the TPC Boston, and thats to try to make that Ryder Cup team.Stricker felt he was a long shot, but he said U.S. captain Davis Love III, assistant captain Tom Lehman and Phil Mickelson kept encouraging him to play. Stricker birdied the last two holes at The Barclays to make the cut, birdied the 72nd hole to assure he would get to Boston and was in position to advance to the third playoff event at Crooked Stick until he closed with a 73.He all but ruled himself out if he didnt make it to the BMW Championship, suggesting it would be hard to pick a 49-year-old who didnt qualify for the last two FedEx Cup playoff events. Love wont announce his three captains picks until Monday.Stricker went 0-4 at Medinah in 2012 when Europe rallied from a 10-6 deficit to win the cup. Stricker made a clutch 10-foot par putt on the final hole, but he had to watch Martin Kaymer make his putt to halve the hole and assure Europe would keep the cup.And he took it personal.That took a lot out of me. It put a sour taste in my mouth, Stricker said. I wasnt too keyed up on the golf and playing a lot. I wanted to be home and do different things. I felt responsible. I played four times and didnt win a point. It was tough to swallow.He will be in Hazeltine as an assistant captain, just as he was for Tom Watson at Gleneagles in 2014. But it was fascinating to see Stricker go from such a bad experience at one Ryder Cup to adding tournaments to his schedule for a chance to play again.His 15 PGA Tour starts this year were his most since he played 20 times in 2012.I guess I wanted to give it one more shot, Stricker said.He is honest to a fault. Stricker said he had several conversations with his wife, Nicky, about whether it would be prudent to pick him even if he made it to the Tour Championship. He looked at himself as a 49-year-old who failed to qualify. She said he wasnt giving himself enough credit.Shes trying to fire me up and Im trying to beat myself down, Stricker said with a laugh.Not making it to Indiana for the BMW Championship was hardly the end of the world. Stricker is in The Players Championship, where his daughters love going because they rent a house on the beach. And he gets to stick to his original plan for next week, anyway.Hes going elk hunting.---WALKERS TURNAROUND: Jimmy Walker had gone 11 straight tournaments without a top 10 when he showed up at Baltusrol and went wire-to-wire at the PGA Championship for his first major and only victory this year.Out of nowhere? Not really.Walker traces his victory to the back nine of the RBC Canadian Open, where he closed with a 68.I felt like I keyed in on some good stuff in Canada. I started to drive it really well -- a nice, tight draw, he said. Sunday on the back nine, I felt like it came together. I thought, `This felt awesome.That was the start. Walker played a few nine-hole matches with Rickie Fowler at Baltusrol, hopeful of taking the good form from Canadaa into the final major. [b]Moses Malone Jersey[/b]. . And he did.It was another reminder of how quickly fortunes can change.The Deutsche Bank was an important week. Walker missed the cut in his next two events, leading to speculation the PGA Championship was an exception to how he was playing. Walker was a top contender all week at the TPC Boston, doing everything well except making putts. He still finished in third place.Walker attributed the missed cuts to taking some time off to enjoy his first major, which we needed to do. And his finish in Boston was a sign he is coming back into form.---RORYS CRITIQUE: Rory McIlroy does not mind hearing criticism, provided the foundation is factual. That would be just about everything golf-related. The one criticism that got under his skin was that he was spending too much time in the gym.If I wasnt in the gym, I wouldnt be here sitting today, McIlroy said after winning the Deutsche Bank Championship. Its a big part of who I am, its a big part of my success. Thats always I feel an unfair criticism.McIlroy said the critics, particularly on television, at least are educated in golf and for the most part know what theyre talking about.A criticism of my golf game, I take it, and I know what I need to work on and sometimes those people point out the obvious, he said. But yeah, I would say thats the most unfair criticism I receive is what I do in the gym.---SCOTTS BREAK: Adam Scott will play the Tour Championship at the end of the month and then most likely not show up on the PGA Tour until Riviera. Yes, there will be a long break. And there will be plenty of travel.Scott said he plans to start his new PGA Tour season in Malaysia and Shanghai, just like last year, and then go home to Australia for three events, including the World Cup at Kingston Heath.The surprise is that he does not plan to be at Kapalua for the Tournament of Champions. Instead, Scott will play in the Singapore Open on Jan. 19-22, a tournament he has won three times.---DIVOTS: Ryo Ishikawa has resurfaced after playing just once since January because of a back injury and getting married. Ishikawa won two weeks ago on the Japan Golf Tour for his 14th career victory, and was runner-up last week in the Fujisankei Classic. ... Emiliano Grillo and Smylie Kaufman, who won the first two PGA Tour events this season, are the only rookies to make it to the BMW Championship. ... U.S. Amateur champion Curtis Luck will play in the Australian Open on Nov. 17-20 at Royal Sydney. The Aussie will delay turning pro so he can play in the Masters, U.S. Open and British Open next year. ... Curtis Cup captain Robin Burke and Blaine McCallister are among those who have been selected for the Texas Golf Hall of Fame. The induction is Oct. 10 in San Antonio. ... Maverick McNealy of Stanford has won the Mark McCormack medal as the No. 1 amateur. He will be exempt to the U.S. Open and British Open next year provided he stays an amateur.---STAT OF THE WEEK: McIlroy joined Tiger Woods as the only players to win three or more FedEx Cup playoff events. Woods has won four. McIlroy won his third at the Deutsche Bank Championship.---FINAL WORD: I came in here rusty this week. Theres no driving range at the Winnie Palmer Hospital. -- Graeme McDowell after missing the cut in the Deutsche Bank Championship. His wife gave birth to a son, Wills, at the start of the week. Wholesale NFL Jerseys Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys NFL Jerseys From China Cheap Nike Basketball Jerseys Wholesale Hockey Jerseys China Nike Baseball Jerseys Cheap College Jerseys China Cheap Football Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Canada Wholesale NHL Jerseys Canada Wholesale Nike MLB Jerseys Canada Cheap NBA Jerseys Authentic Canada Stitched Soccer Jerseys CanadaCheap Jerseys Canada NFL ' ' '