Dave

Well “she” certainly looks like a boy to me and lots of other people as well. If she is a natural born female she’s the most masculine looking girl I’ve ever seen.

Tab Oram

Ever seen Martina Navratilova?

Mark

Well, that’s what you get when you start making gender switching a normal thing. You now have to watch out for stuff like this. Just a fact. Progressive minded people created this reality, now deal with it.

Susan

Mark, it’s not quite that simple, but you are correct in a fashion. Yes, the world has changed (I won’t say progressed, because I’m not sure it’s really a progression or a sliding to somewhere), and yes, there is now a ton of confusion over sexuality, identity and just plain old self. However, that was the case before it was all brought out into the open and made acceptable by a lot of people. I know that there are many people who will never accept it, but that’s OK too.

This world is sure a mess now though when we have to accept these things. It’s sort of like the battle we have between democrats and republcans. It just never ends, but we have to accept it. Homosexuality and Hetero, it never ends. The best we can do is just get along with each other and hope that all of our sins will be forgiven, straight and ***.

Elizabeth MacLeod

Yeesh.

The boy/girl issue should have been handled in private, to protect the athlete.

The coach should watch his mouth, Google how the tests are done, and protect the athlete.

The issue of an athelete being straight or g.ay is completely irrelevant to their ability as an athlete.

Congratulations on your win, Caster!

Noma

@ first I thought it was funny.I agree with elizabeth,that they could have run tests privately,whatever the outcome.I would think in any competion,one needs to prepared mentally so when allegations like this are made about you it can mess up with your perfomance.b4 Im called a racist,I am black,those that watch soccer or have seen Banyana Banya SA’s soccer team,those ladies look and sometime behave like men!!so what the big fuss,a lot of these female athletes look masculine.Her sexuality wether straight,bi,asexual or homo,should not be relevant all that counts is that she says she female and should be allowed to compete with female.u good u good…damn she can run!!

Loyiso

The more I follow the story about Caster and looked on the IAAF website for pictures
I get more puzzled why would they think she is a boy. Guys the women who were in Berlin are masculine just visit that website. There are women who are far more masculine than Caster. The difference is they have straight hair fancier hairstyles, make up and tweezed brows.
We must remember we are talking about an 18 year old teenager who grew in a rural area, who is not that exposed to these fancy things. I hope you can
access this URL and see who is more masculine in this picture.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c.....ent.5.html