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The South African teenager caught up in the gender-test flap on Thursday received the gold medal for winning the 800 meters Wednesday at the world championships, while officials and family came to her defense. Caster Semenya’s (above) father, grandmother and cousin dismissed speculation she is not a woman. Her father, Jacob, told the Sowetan newspaper: “She is my little girl. … I raised her and I have never doubted her gender. She is a woman and I can repeat that a million times.”
