The 2 times world champion athlete, Caster Semenya was not allowed to compete at the world championships in Doha September 2019, this has sparked a lot of outrage, so why can she not compete?
Indledning
Caster Semenya is an unusual runner in herself, but maybe not for the reasons you think. She was born on 7 January 1991 in a village named
In 2009 in Berlin Caster Semenya was set in the spotlight after winning the world championship with a gold medal in the 800 meters and setting the fastest time of the year, with a time of 1:55.45.
Following her victory in the world cup, she began to receive worldwide acclaim and also being voted Track and Field news number 1 women’s 800m runner of 2009.
However, there were a lot of questions about her gender because she beat her previous record by four seconds just a month earlier.
Time Magazine stated the following Ga-Masehlong. As a child Semenya was always very active, playing soccer at a young age in school, but she would, later on, figure out that running was her passion.
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Uddrag
Testosterone also 1 of the different hormones classified as androgen is a major sex hormone in males but is also found in females in smaller doses in men, the testicles make testosterone and in females its ovaries.
It starts being produced during puberty and slows during the age of 30 and after.
Testosterone increases size and strength, bone growth and strength, and many other none related sports effects, that differ from gender to gender.
According to the IAAF, the typical female range of circulating testosterone in serum is 0.06 to 1.68 nmol/L, while the typical male range is 7.7 to 29.4nmol/L.
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