#Repost @bllaklabel ・・・ #CasterSemenya (28) is a South African 2x Olympic Champion for track and field. She has a higher than "normal" testosterone level for women. Testosterone is the hormone that increases muscle mass, strength, and hemoglobin, which affects your endurance. Her competitors are complaining about her "unfair advantage." Semenya does not take testosterone, she was simply born this way. ----- A rival runner and known critic, #LynseySharp (28-years old, of Britain) complained about Semenya's "advantage" in middle distance races. (Yahoo Sports) After making her public comments, she claims she is now getting death threats. She said, "I've had death threats. I've had threats against my family and that's not a position I want to be in." ----- This week, The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that they will regulate anyone with differences in sexual development (DSDs) to ensure fair competition. They will require that these individuals take medication to reduce their testosterone levels to under 5nmol/L if they want to compete in races between 400 meters and a mile. ----- When asked about taking the medication, Semenya replied, "Hell no!" ----- "Actions speak louder than words," Semenya said. When you are a great champion, you always deliver. It's up to God. God has decided my life, God will end my life, God has decided my career, God will end my career. No man, or any other human, can stop me from running." ----- Semenya won her 30th straight 800m race in Doha yesterday!!! Her winning time was 1:54:98 - Sharp finished 9th. Sharp was the 2012 European 800m champion. She says it's been a difficult time for her and other running dealing with "the situation." Sharp says, "By no means am I over the moon about this, it's just been a long 11 years for everyone." Sharp says Semenya is "light years ahead" of her competitors. ----- If Semenya declines to take the medications, she will not be allowed to compete at the Olympics or other international competitions. According to the ruling, "Discrimination is necessary, reasonable and a proportionate means of achieving the IAAF requirement to preserve the integrity of female athletics." https://www.instagram.com/p/BxF6L_jl5Np/?igshid=klnpy644pzx5
