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ASA offers apology to Semenya

Nov 5, 2009 12:28 PM | By Staff Reporter

Athletics South Africa wants to "publicly and unconditionally apologise to Caster Semenya and her family, the President of South Africa as well as to all South Africans for the handling of her gender verification processes and the subsequent aftermath".


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South Africa's gold medal winner Caster Semenya.
South Africa's gold medal winner Caster Semenya.
Photograph by: Markus Schreiber
Credit: AP

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ASA announced today that it has noted the ANC investigation into the Semenya debacle, in which the ruling found the sports body had acted irresponsibly regarding the gender verification tests conducted on Semenya.

“ASA appreciates the ANC's position on this matter, fully welcomes and accepts without any reservations the findings and recommendations of the task team,” it said in a statement.

The board will meet with the athlete, whose gender came into question around the time she became the world 800m track champion, along with “her family and government”.

ASA said it hoped “that this will bring closure to a very unpleasant episode for Caster”.

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Nov 5 2009 12:31:28 PM
Gintsa-the-spinsta
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Too little too late dimwits.
Nov 5 2009 12:32:50 PM
Wonder
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Agree with you Gintsa...!!!!!!!
Nov 5 2009 12:33:06 PM
hoodoo
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Damage has been done. Too late.

Get Malema to hold a press conference and let him also apoligise for his racist insitement....

Chuene must go...far away...
Nov 5 2009 12:33:47 PM
nxila@thepub
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Nov 5 2009 12:31:28 PM
Gintsa-the-spinsta

Took the words out my mouth.
Nov 5 2009 12:35:13 PM
Miss Thing
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Caster must sue the living crap out of them.
Nov 5 2009 12:40:49 PM
nxila@thepub
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hang on a minute...the times stop reporting BS to us. No where in your article does ASA APOLOGISE. Since when is accepting a finding also mean that in essence you are remorseful and thereby apologising.

They just said we accept that we made a ****up of things because we were greedy and we note that the ANC is right.

Nov 5 2009 12:41:39 PM
Marki Sarki
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Aw cute, look how the big scary lion has turned into a kitty since the big bad wolf swatted it.

Sack the lot - including Chuene - and elect a fresh board, composed of individuals who have integrity and an understanding of athletics, not politics.
Nov 5 2009 12:47:11 PM
Mommacyndi
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Aaah but will Chuene hold a press confrence next week to say that he lied about lying when he said he lied about apologising?
Nov 5 2009 12:49:10 PM
RSinangola
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ASA should not talk to Caster and family. With all their lies and greed they have already done irreparable damage. Besides, can these liars ever be truthful? Caster should sue the living daylights out of them and the whole ASA board should be fired without pay!
Nov 5 2009 12:49:38 PM
Pride
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long over due


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