2009 World Championships in Athletics

result of media speculation and the efforts of outside sources and with little input from Semenya, herself. In this paper I will be examining Dr Jaime Shultz’s article, ‘The accidental celebritisation of Caster Semenya’ which focuses on this notion of media representation as the basis for Semenya’s ‘celebrity’. Castor Semenya is a South African women’s track and field athlete who won the women’s title for the 800-metre dash in the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. Following this success, she immediately became famous, not for her athletic abilities, but for the supposed results of a ‘gender verification’ test issued by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) which called into question whether Semenya should be permitted to compete as a woman (Shultz 285). While the results of this test were never released to the public, rumours spread quickly through media sources at just the suggestion that Semenya might not fully fit the gender binary designation of ‘female’. Rumours which were inflated through speculation about her physique, athletic abilities, and inability to meet accepted cultural norms for what designates ‘female’ to those overseeing the international competition. As stated above, Dr Shultz’s article she declares that Caster Semenya’s accidental celebrity status is the result of that media representation. She goes further to designate three major frames through which the media outlets portrayed Semenya’s story. The first frame that she…

Caster Semenya is an athlete who has identified herself as a woman and has her whole life. However, it changed when she was required to do a gender testing. In this test, she found out that she had no ovaries or uterus, but she did have testes that could produce testosterone. Because of this result, there was a huge debate whether she would be allowed to race as a woman because she had a huge advantage over the others. However, Dr. Myron Genel, a professor at Yale University, states that she is…

Content, a small town in Trelawny, Jamaica, and started athletics at the age of twelve. While he didn’t come from much, by the end of his long and legendary career, he became the most successful athlete in the history of the world championships, ended up winning nine Olympic gold medals, and still, to this day, holds three world records. Usain Bolt is undeniably the greatest sprinter of all time...…

Bolt a Jamaican sprinter, was born August 21, 1986, he is the fastest man alive. Bolt is unusually tall (6 ft. 5 in) for his sport. Usain St. Leo Bolt. He won the gold medal for the 200-m sprint at the 2002 world junior championships and then broke the record he had set at the nest two world juniors. Usain St. Leo Bolt Recovering from injury, he did poorly in the 2004 Olympics, but won the silver in the 100-m and 200-m at the 2007 world championships and ran a record 100-m sprint in 2008 Usain…

accused her of being a man at the 2009 International Association of Athletics Federation World Championships. Her “strikingly muscular physique”(McLean), deep voice, and “the way she runs” (McLean) were the causes for concern and they all tie into how society compartmentalizes people by their sex, gender, and sex category. While people often use these three terms interchangeably, they each carry vastly different ideas to create a holistic view of how a person defines themselves and how others…

They have made so much accomplishments. Their all-time record is 1,036 wins with 281 losses. They’re known as their number of wins. Their record is outstanding for women’s basketball. Uconn Huskies are one of the most successful women’s program in the nation! Having a women’s record of four in a row and over forty regular season and tournament championship in 2013 through 2016. They also have the longest winning streak in not only women’s basketball but also in men’s with 90 constant wins. The…

more of your time towards the athletic side of your student athlete life. The University of North Carolina Chapel-Hill has been under investigation for certain scandals dating back to the early '90s. The biggest scandal from UNC has to do with student-athletes taking questionable classes to boost their GPA which allowed them to remain eligible for their sport. Another scandal UNC has been subject to investigation has to do with improper compensation to current and past athletes during their time…

Usain Bolt,born 21 August 1986) is a Jamaican. He is the first person to hold both the and since became mandatory. He also holds the world record as a part of the . He is the reigning world and Olympic champion in these three events. Due to his unprecedented dominance and achievements in sprint competition, he is widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time.An eight-time , Bolt won the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay at three consecutive Olympic Games, although he subsequently…

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another one of the all time best basketball players. After that season, Michael was only thinking about one thing. It was sadly not basketball. Instead, Michael had to go through the terrible death of his father. Mike’s dad James Jordan was shot on July 23, 1993. Michael made an unbelievable decision to retire from basketball and pursue baseball. He went and played for a minor team league called the Birmingham Barons as an outfielder. Jordan wasn’t finished with basketball, the following year…