Caster Semenya Confesses Her Feeling Of Lack Of Support From Fellow Women In Sports

As a double Olympic champion and winner of 2009,2011and 2017 World Championships,Caster is one of South Africa’s female icon.

The 28-year-old three-time world 800m champion has expressed with sadness that she ‘never felt supported by women in sport.

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Caster Semenya won gold at the 2009, 2011 and 2017 World Championships but will not defend her title in 2019.

Semenya has since been challenging the International Association of Athletics Federations’ new rules that prevents herself and other athletes, who happen to have differences of sexual development (DSD) from participating.

The association demands they either take testosterone-reducing medication in order to compete in track events from 400m to the mile, or change to another distance.

As a headline speaker at a women’s conference in Johannesburg, Semenya stated: “I think it comes more into the international stage when you see your own rivals come with this, what can I call it, these rude responses in terms of me competing against them.”

 Her testosterone case with the IAAF currently awaiting a decision from a Swiss court has alledgedly ruined Semenya both ‘mentally and physically’.

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Speaking about her perceived lack of support from her fellow female athletes, Semenya said: “I’m the best at what I do. When you are the best in the world people get obsessed with what you are doing.

“Probably I’m a problem because I’m an over-achiever so we must get rid of you” she added.

Source: AfricaCelebrities.Com