“Ms Semenya is a woman... She was born a woman‚ raised a woman‚ socialised as a woman and has competed as a woman her entire life.”
A statement released through her lawyers pointed out that the scars Semenya had developed over the past decade ran deep.
Semenya‚ who has challenged the IAAF’s proposed regulations for women athletes with differences in sexual development at world sport’s highest court in Switzerland‚ objected to Coe’s recent comments to the Australian Daily Telegraph. Of particular offence was the IAAF president’s comment: “The reason we have gender classification is because if you didn’t then no woman would ever win another title or another medal or break another record in our sport.” The paper itself referred to “the muscle-packed Semenya”.
“Reading the comments of Mr. Coe this weekend opened those old wounds and the reference by the Daily Telegraph to “the muscle-packed Semenya” is just the latest illustration of how the issues have been distorted by innuendo‚” her lawyers said in a statement.
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