STELLENBOSCH, South Africa (AP) — It seems the sports world just doesn't know what to do with an athlete like Caster Semenya.
The South African runner, and others like her, may present one of the greatest dilemmas for the perception of fairness in sports.
Athletes like Semenya with intersex conditions — those that don't conform to standard definitions of male or female — debunk any presumption that everyone fits neatly into those definitive categories in sports.
According to sports scientist Ross Tucker, "the biology isn't quite as simple as that."
Semenya's story is well-known. As an 18-year-old newcomer at the 2009 world championships, she dominated the best women's 800-meter runners.