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Nick EricssonNick Ericsson|13:32 UK time, Friday, 21 August 2009

So the row rumbles on over Castor Semenya's physique. The South African athlete has been subjected to degrading speculation about her gender around the world. Some suggest it's an attempt to explain her super-human feats on the track. Others that it's just old-fashioned racism. Now even the Williams sisters have been dragged off the tennis court and onto the world stage of controversy:

https://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-08-20-sa-lashes-out-at-racist-world-athletics-body

Is South Africa the new East Germany?

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