the gender bending gold medalist

(26-08-2009 22:56 )mas0887 Wrote:  That was what I read in the papers a couple of weeks back, but apparently tests have come back and he has 3 times the normal testosterone amounts that would be found in the average female runner. Looks like it is a he.

is her name yvette?

so has she a penis or what?

(15-09-2009 20:56 )firekind Wrote:  so has she a penis or what?

No but her shorts have the following health warning,MAY CONTIAN NUTS.

well from what i could gather from the news the other day is she is neither i man or a woman. she has some inter gender condition which means she has no ovaries but has testicles inside her but i dont think she has a dick. either way the way this has come out is disgusting and the poor girl must be so embarresed

it looks like evolution. in 2100ad most women will have testicals as they evolve into the higher species - man.

It amused me that they immediately played the racism card. I happened upon it, completely unaware of what had gone on before, saw the press conference & thought within seconds..that's a bloke. F**k all to do with colour, race or anything else.

OK, the individual concerned is now described as a hermaphrodite. Didn't this or any similar thought cross their stupid minds, in advance of the furore?

So I know she gets to keep her medal but does she still get to compete with the females, or does she go to the males? Because no offence but she would get decimated in the males, her personal best is like 15 seconds off of the mens world record.

(18-09-2009 00:55 )mas0887 Wrote:  So I know she gets to keep her medal but does she still get to compete with the females, or does she go to the males? Because no offence but she would get decimated in the males, her personal best is like 15 seconds off of the mens world record.

That's a good question. My knowledge of hermaphrodites can be written on the back of a postage stamp. I think in terms of day to day life, they can choose whichever gender they feel most suited to (or presumably decline either). A Google search would probably clarify that, but frankly...can't be arsed. No idea how the IAAF would have to treat it though. Probably by holding a seminar in St. Tropez during the month of July, followed by a further meeting in Tokyo or New York, just prior to Christmas (I believe the shopping's great). Not that I'm suggesting that mosts sports' governing bodies are crooks on the make / take. That would be a ridiculous notion.