South Africa is very proud of Semenya as a female competitor, and most members of the country's political structure appear to be distraught to witness the forced coming out of the running star.
Johannesburg writer David Smith reports,
Athlete Caster Semenya has pulled out of her return to competitive sport amid growing fears over the psychological impact of rumors about her sex.
The 18-year-old withdrew from a cross-country race in South Africa tomorrow after it was widely reported that a leaked sex test reveals she is a hermaphrodite. Her coach, Michael Seme, said she will not run because she is "not feeling well".
South Africa condemned the international media reports as an invasion of the teenager's privacy and threatened a "third world war" if the women's 800m champion is disqualified from athletics.
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