Grubstreet » Michael Johnson http://grubstreet.co.za South Africa Digested Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:35:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Watch Caster Semenya’s race and what Michael Johnson had to say http://grubstreet.co.za/2009/08/watch-caster-semenyes-race-and-what-michael-johnson-had-to-say/ http://grubstreet.co.za/2009/08/watch-caster-semenyes-race-and-what-michael-johnson-had-to-say/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:19:12 +0000 gillm http://grubstreet.co.za/?p=2617
Poor Caster Semenya, the South African 18-year-old who won the 800m in Berlin last night amid controversy over whether she is in fact a woman.

Sure, she’s missing the female hour-glass but women comes in all shapes and sizes, especially elite athletes so I’m with her on this one — and what a beautiful runner. Still, she’s going to have to take the gender test to shake off the doubts and one hopes that when she’s proved she’s a women, she’ll say: “And screw you all, you jealous cows!”

If you mised the race, here it is:

And here’s Michael Johnson on the controversy:

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