South African runner Caster Semenya still undergoing gender tests, IAAF says of report delay

IAAF: Runner Semenya still undergoing gender tests

MONACO — Gender tests on South African world champion Caster Semenya have not been completed, the International Association of Athletics Federations said Wednesday.

The IAAF had been expected to announce its findings on Friday, but instead said it would not discuss her medical tests.

“The IAAF will not comment upon the medical aspects of Caster Semenya’s case,” the track and field governing body said in a statement. “There will be no discussion of Caster Semenya’s case at the forthcoming IAAF Council Meeting. … No further comment will be made on this subject until further notice.”

The IAAF Council plans to meet on Friday and Saturday.

The 18-year-old Semenya won the women’s 800-meter world title in August in a season’s best 1 minute, 55.45 seconds, but her accomplishment was overshadowed by gender-test revelations.

Before the final, the IAAF said it had ordered gender tests because of her muscular build and rapid improvement in times.

In South Africa, the case also entangled the president of the South African athletics federation, Leonard Chuene. In September, Chuene admitted he lied about his knowledge of gender tests performed on Semenya in South Africa before the worlds. He was later suspended.