ID’S JOE MCGLUWA ‘PLEASED THAT CASTER SEMENYA HAS BEEN VINDICATED’
06 JUNE 2010-Joe Mcgluwa, the ID spokesperson for sport says he is ‘extremely pleased that Caster Semenya has been vindicated by being permitted to return to international women’s athletics.
Joe Mcgluwa, the ID spokesperson for sport
says he is ‘extremely pleased that Caster Semenya has been vindicated
by being permitted to return to international women’s athletics.
‘This comes as very good news not only for Caster and her family, but also for her bigger family of South African supporters,’ ID Member of Parliament Mr Mcgluwa says.
‘The Independent Democrats understood all along that gender tests are permitted under certain circumstances, but the process was handled in an extremely unprofessional way by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and the local Athletics South Africa (ASA).
‘In short, Caster’s was an experience of humiliation, both as a black African and as a woman,’ says Mcgluwa.
‘Instead of being able to concentrate on her run and celebrate after her beautiful performance, in Berlin, Caster, a real South African hero, was placed under the tremendous stress of having to run her race under a cloud of controversy over her gender.
‘Seen against the background of the humiliation she was subjected to in our own country as a child, where she was examined by whoever in the closest toilet before a race, the IAAF’s decision to test her before the media was an extension of this abuse,’ Mcgluwa says.
‘I am personally delighted that this horrific experience has now finally ended and that Caster can continue to excel on the international stage and make us proud.’
For media enquiries, please call Joe Mcgluwa on 084 2133 811
‘This comes as very good news not only for Caster and her family, but also for her bigger family of South African supporters,’ ID Member of Parliament Mr Mcgluwa says.
‘The Independent Democrats understood all along that gender tests are permitted under certain circumstances, but the process was handled in an extremely unprofessional way by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and the local Athletics South Africa (ASA).
‘In short, Caster’s was an experience of humiliation, both as a black African and as a woman,’ says Mcgluwa.
‘Instead of being able to concentrate on her run and celebrate after her beautiful performance, in Berlin, Caster, a real South African hero, was placed under the tremendous stress of having to run her race under a cloud of controversy over her gender.
‘Seen against the background of the humiliation she was subjected to in our own country as a child, where she was examined by whoever in the closest toilet before a race, the IAAF’s decision to test her before the media was an extension of this abuse,’ Mcgluwa says.
‘I am personally delighted that this horrific experience has now finally ended and that Caster can continue to excel on the international stage and make us proud.’
For media enquiries, please call Joe Mcgluwa on 084 2133 811
