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That's not what I said, but fits with your constant revisionism. But I'd love to see you take your crackpot little theory to WADA. You'd get laughed out of the door. Or take the David Walsh approach and get the Times to publish your thesis on 'Why Novak Djokovic is a Drug Cheat Because He Lost One Match'. Both would be hilarious. I'll get those tanks ready...
As for Semenya, like I said it is not a case of clear absolutes. But her presence has clearly not deterred other athletes from competing. Semenya is not unbeatable. The time she ran in the final was only the 20th fastest of all time. She didn't even make the final of last year's World Championships. I get that you wish every women's event was contested solely by pretty little blonde girls, but unfortunately for you that is not the case.
Your delusion has been a great source of entertainment during these Olympics, especially the way you think I wouldn't reply because of a hashtag.
You seem quite ignorant of all the facts. She didn't make the World Championship finals last year because her, and indeed the silver medallist, were taking medication to bring their testosterone down to normal female levels, which were the rules at the that time. But earlier this year an Indian female athlete with testicles won a case at the Court of Arbitration for sport, and these rules were suspended for two years, allowing female athletes with testicles to compete without taking medication. What happened? The women with testicles' times started plummeting. Don't the female athletes without testicles have a right to feel aggrieved? The rules were changed just months before the race they'd been training their whole careers for. And to make matters worse, a third women with testicles, Wambui, has appeared on the scene from nowhere, and going into the final they knew there was next to no chance of even getting a bronze - when several had been aiming for gold previously.
It took Kelly Holmes and Mo Farah years to develop the experience and race craft to win medals, and runners like Bishop of Canada and our own Lynsey Sharp were reaching this time in their careers, only to see a runner barely out her teens, Wambui, running past them for bronze even, and silver and gold were off in the distance.
All the top times in the women's 800m were set during the era of PEDs and it should, in theory, be impossible to get near them, yet she got within a couple of seconds of it as a teenager! She could probably break the WR if she wanted and I think she was sandbagging in the final - there's quite a telling picture of her crossing the line looking like she's barely broken sweat, while everyone behind her is open mouthed and gasping for air. The dilemma for her that breaking the WR would bring too much additional attention.
I think we'll start to see the consequences of these events at next year's World Championships. I just don't think the women without testicles are gonna be able to find the motivation to train when they know they can't even compete for a bronze.