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India-Pakistan
Report: Indian Runner Fails Gender Test
2006-12-18
Shoulda sent her him shopping on a budget and timer.
An Indian runner who won a silver medal in the women's 800 meters in the Asian Games this month has failed a gender test and is expected to be stripped of the medal, according to reports Monday.

Santhi Soudarajan took the gender test in Doha, Qatar, after the victory.

The test reports sent to the Indian Olympic Association on Sunday said Soudarajan "does not possess the sexual characteristics of a woman," The Times of India reported. The test was administered by a medical commission set up by the games' organizers.

There are no compulsory gender tests during events sanctioned by the International Association of Athletics Federation, but athletes can be asked to take a gender test. The medical evaluation panel usually includes a gynecologist, endocrinologist, psychologist, and an internal medicine specialist.

Dr. Manmohan Singh, chairman of the medical commission of the Indian Olympic Association told the Indian Express newspaper that the Olympic Council of Asia had been informed of the results of Soudarajan's gender test.

Sports officials in the athlete's home state of Tamil Nadu said that they have no information on her whereabouts.

"If the reports are true, then it is very sad and extremely disappointing," her coach, P. Nagarajan, told the Indian Express.
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#9  Cough, cough...
Posted by: Parabellum   2006-12-18 18:01  

#8  But if the doctors have noticed a genetic problem, like the old tests they used at the Olympics, the doctors should just shut up. Typically, "XY females" have normal female musculature, and are athletically indistinguishable from ordinary females. In fact, one of the causes, the "androgen insensitivity syndromes", makes affected people to be immune to the effects of anabolic steroids.
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2006-12-18 17:11  

#7  I saw the picture. She kinda looks like Prince...
Posted by: tu3031   2006-12-18 16:40  

#6  This story suggest that the runner ought to have been stripped before the medal.
Posted by: Chuck Simmins   2006-12-18 16:07  

#5  If a guy had sexual reassignment surgery then by first glimps would pass as a woman. There wouldn't be the "twigs and berries". Testosterone would be lower and supplemented female hormones would be difficult to suggest he was prev a man. Closer exam by GYN would see a reconstructed 'mangina' and augmented breasts. No female plumbing. etc
Posted by: Texhooey   2006-12-18 12:29  

#4  "It's a MAN, baby!"
Posted by: Austin Powers   2006-12-18 11:47  

#3  Pardon me if I come across as simple, but, uh, wouldn't you just need to check one area, maybe two? How hard can a "gender test" be?
Posted by: The Doctor   2006-12-18 10:08  

#2  Uh, they needed four experts to figure this out? Isn't that overkill?
Posted by: Jonathan   2006-12-18 09:57  

#1  A lot of people say, "What's that?" It's Pat!
A lot of people ask, "Who's he? Or she?"
A ma'am or a sir, accept him or her
or whatever it might be.
It's time for androgyny.
Here comes Pat!
Posted by: Mike   2006-12-18 06:42  

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