Betting odds on Caster Semenya: Man or Women?
21st August, 2009
It has been all over the news about South African runner Caster Semenya with confusion over her sex. As usual, we can rely on trusted bookies Paddy Power to bring us the latest odds. The Irish bookmaker is offering odds on the results of the tests that the 18 year old runner will soon undergo.
Paddy Power is siding with the runner with odds in her favour of being a woman at 1/2. They are offering odds of 7/4 that the tests will come back reporting that she is male, 10/1 that she is a hermaphrodite, 14/1 that she has transgender and 50/1 that it will be non of the above and the tests will reveal other possibilities.
A spokesperson from Paddy Power spoke out after reportedly having to pay out thousands when she took the title, "Punters seem to think that Semenya is what she claims to be but there has to be questions raised about such a massive improvement in such a short period."
It seems that supporters and competitors alike are eagerly awaiting the results and will have to wait several weeks to see the findings.
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By Gina
