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August 2009...my has she grown...After watching the 800m final last night, I am convinced there is SOMETHING fishy going on with South Africa's Semenya. For starters, she doesn't look 18. The musculature and sheer size is not that of a late teen, especially of a woman not on PED's. Then there's the question of her sex. Objectively, she looks like a man. Her quads are twice the girth of my head and she is flat as a pancake- not that boobs signify femininity but come on, at least a sports bra for appearances-sake.
Beyond aesthetics, watch he/she race. Semenya blazes through the first 400 with not an ounce of fatigue, carrying the pack through in 56.83. Sick. Then strolls through the next 200 in about 30, hits the 600 at 1:26.96 and then decides- ok, NOW I'm going to throw down...she takes off and negative splits the next 200- even turns around on the curve to see how close the following pack is! Form remains consistent the ENTIRE race and showed no chance of wavering. She runs a 1:55.45. Your thoughts please. I am perplexed. I know some athletes are just so good that these sorts of performances can "look" easy but... I just don't know about this one.
Here's her World Championship performance...
