Ruling ANC supports Caster Semenya
Published:Monday | October 5, 2009 | 5:51 PM
The ruling African National Congress (ANC) says champion runner Caster Semenya should continue in women\'s athletics regardless of any gender tests.
Party spokesman Jackson Mthembu says Semenya had been brought up as a girl and should therefore continue to run as a woman.
Semenya won the 800 meters at the world championships in August in Berlin, Germany.
Before the final, the International Association of Athletics Federations said it had ordered gender tests.
The ANC has set up a group to support Semenya who says in a statement has been victimized and subjected to unnecessary public scrutiny.
Former President Nelson Mandela\'s ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, a prominent ANC figure and lawmaker, is to head the support group.