“Nobody in my orbit presented an alternative viewpoint or held me to account for my own uninformed opinions‚” Pape wrote.
But one of her former detractors‚ who is among the many opponents Semenya has left in her wake on the track‚ now counts herself as an ally of the South African.
“In 2009 I watched the women’s 800m final from the stands as Semenya crossed the finish line more than two seconds clear of the pack‚” Pape wrote in an article published by the Guardian on Wednesday. The Court of Arbitration for Sport concurred with that view on Wednesday‚ dismissing Semenya’s appeal against the International Association of Athletics Federation’s requirement that female athletes whose amount of testosterone is — as hers is — higher than a stipulated level will need to lower it before they are allowed to compete in certain races.
Injury ended Pape’s career‚ and by 2013 she was studying for a PhD in sociology in the United States.
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