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UPDATE: After glamming him/her up for a magazine cover, reports now indicate the South African athlete is both a female AND a male!

According to radiofacts.com, sex tests carried out on Caster Semenya, the world 800 meters champion, show that she is a hermaphrodite, a source close to the case claimed tonight. Test allegedly indicate she has no uterus or female reproductive organs but that she has both male and female sex organs.

If the allegation is backed up by the results, the South African may well find herself stripped of her gold medal and banned from racing. The IAAF, the world governing body, refused to comment on the claim tonight, but earlier in the day its general secretary, Pierre Weiss, said: “It is clear that she is a woman but maybe not 100 per cent.” Leonard Chuene, the president of Athletics South Africa (ASA), which has been vocal in its criticism of the IAAF, said: “We cannot get involved in gossip of this sort. Our people will speak to Caster and ensure that she puts these rumours from her mind.”

South African athlete Caster Semenya got glam and put on a dress and some make up for the cover of You magazine. Here’s what the mag had to say about her transformation and her upcoming gender test results:

The embattled South African sprinter caught in a firestorm about whether she is a man or woman will soon learn her fate. Gender tests are expected to show the true biological sex of 18-year old Caster Semenya in about two weeks. The Associated Press reports that IAAF spokesman Nick Davies told them on Tuesday that it would take about two weeks for a group of medics and anti-doping experts at track and field’s international governing body to analyze the results but it is unlikely that she will be stripped of her medal.

Davies says, “Only then with conclusive evidence would we be in a position to make an educated decision.”

Semenya left spectators in an uproar after suddenly breaking her own personal record in July and becoming the new African junior champion. Speculation was capped off when she dusted her competition in Berlin’s IAAF World Champions by a startling 2.45 seconds to win the women’s 800 meter finals.

Despite the ongoing tests, Caster remains positive. She recently told South Africa’s You magazine that she thinks the test are silly and a joke.

“I see it all as a joke, it doesn’t upset me. God made me the way I am and I accept myself. I am who I am and I’m proud of myself.”

She appears on the cover of the magazine and in a four page feature. The runner looks drastically different wearing a dress and makeup. In one picture she has on liquid leggings and stilettos. Caster made sure to add that the makeover is not to prove a point saying, “I didn’t do this to prove a point but rather to have fun. I don’t give a damn what people say about me …”

Click here to read more about Caster Semenya.

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