quote:A top Indian woman athlete who won a silver medal at a recent regional championship has failed a gender test, officials say.
Santhi Soundararajan, who took the silver in the women's 800m race at the Asian Games in Doha, is likely to be stripped of her award, reports say.
Soundararajan, 25, was declared the best athlete at an Indian championship in the capital, Delhi, this year.
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I wonder which part of the "gender" test she failed. Hormones? Chromosomes? Or did she not like dainty pink ponies?
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This sort of reminds me of a former Austrian Alpine skier who was a world champion women's downhill skier. In 1967 they found out that she really was a he. His genitalia were deformed and when he was born his parents thought he was a girl and raised him accordingly. Until they tested him at age 19 in preparation for the Winter Olympics he thought he was a woman.
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quote:Originally posted by Hypno Toad: Ouch! That's got to be a blow to her ego. I wonder what caused the confusion?
Did anyone else immediately think of this?
Hypno' Robonia Robonia, a planet I didn't make up'Toad
Not me. I did, however, think of Elizabeth Taylor on horseback
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This is quite a good read (novel) for anyone interested in the subject of confused genders.
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This is quite a good read (novel) for anyone interested in the subject of confused genders.
I wholeheartedly second that! Fantastic book.
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