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Cape Town - World 800m champion Caster Semenya, according to a report by the Daily Telegraph, has no womb or ovaries.
The Australian newspaper quoted an unnamed source who divulged information about Semenya's gender verification tests.
The Daily Telegraph report, among other things, claimed that the teenager has three times the amount of testosterone that a "normal" female would have and is a hermaphrodite. Also, the IAAF have also not ruled out stripping Semenya of her gold medal that she won in Berlin.
The tests though are still inconclusive will undergo further scrutiny.The results will only be made known in November, according to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
On Wednesday Sport24 reported that the IAAF urgently want to talk to Semenya, but were apparently being prevented from doing so by Athletics South Africa (ASA).
IAAF spokesperson Nick Davies said from Lausanne, Switzerland, that experts had to review the results due to its sensitive matter.
"We can't afford any mistakes, particularly as we already face threats to be taken to the United Nations Human Rights Council and because it has become a political matter in South Africa," he said.
The Australian newspaper quoted an unnamed source who divulged information about Semenya's gender verification tests.
The Daily Telegraph report, among other things, claimed that the teenager has three times the amount of testosterone that a "normal" female would have and is a hermaphrodite. Also, the IAAF have also not ruled out stripping Semenya of her gold medal that she won in Berlin.
The tests though are still inconclusive will undergo further scrutiny.The results will only be made known in November, according to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
On Wednesday Sport24 reported that the IAAF urgently want to talk to Semenya, but were apparently being prevented from doing so by Athletics South Africa (ASA).
IAAF spokesperson Nick Davies said from Lausanne, Switzerland, that experts had to review the results due to its sensitive matter.
"We can't afford any mistakes, particularly as we already face threats to be taken to the United Nations Human Rights Council and because it has become a political matter in South Africa," he said.
