Caster Semenya named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people
JOBURG – Caster features in the icons category alongside Taylor Swift, Michelle Obama, Lady Gaga and Spike Lee.
South Africa’s very own Olympic gold medalist, Caster Semenya has been named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2019.
In the article, written by Edwin Moses – a two-time Olympic gold medalist in track and field, Semenya is lauded for teaching people that sex isn’t always binary and pushing society to question the justness of distributing societal benefits according to ‘male’ and ‘female’ classifications.
“Her success has brought controversy in elite sport, with many arguing that her biological traits give her an unfair advantage in women’s competition. But Semenya is fighting that. Sport eligibility, she and others say, should not be based on hormone levels or other differences of sex development,” Moses said.
Semenya features in the icons category alongside Taylor Swift, Michelle Obama, Lady Gaga and Spike Lee.
