South Africans unite behind gender row athlete Caster Semenya...

Many South Africans feel that their new sports star, Caster Semenya, has been singled out for unfair treatment after athletics officials called for tests to verify her gender.

The 18-year-old won a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin on Wednesday. 

She was virtually unknown until last month, when she set a new record for the 800m in the African Junior Championships.

That victory also meant she had improved her personal best by seven seconds in less than nine months - and she began to attract huge attention. More...

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