Wilhelm de Swardt

Pretoria - Women's 800m world champion, Caster Semenya, has had her appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show fall through.

Without her knowledge, Athletics South Africa (ASA) demanded that Semenya be paid for making herself available.

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This financial debacle follows hot on the heels on a dispute between former ASA team manager, Wilfred Daniels, who claimed that ASA had not paid the salaries of contracted athletes for August and added it was possible that they also wouldn't be paid in September.

However, ASA were quick to dispel Daniels's claim, with ASA general manager Molatelo Malehopo stating: "It is not true. All the athletes that have to be paid, have been paid."

Daniels quit his role in midweek over the “repulsive handling” of the Semenya saga.

It has emerged that gender evaluation tests were indeed carried out on Semenya shortly before the World Athletics Championships in Berlin after a request was made to South African authorities in great secrecy by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

Semenya was apparently under the impression that the tests were standard doping procedures.