Johannesburg: Athletics South Africa (ASA)
has been suspended by the country's powerful national Olympic
committee over its controversial handling of the Caster
Semenya gender row.
"The suspension is based on the fact that ASA, through
its officials and office bearers, has engaged in acts of
misconduct and misdemeanors in relation to the Caster Semenya
affair," the Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
(SASCOC) said in a statement yesterday.
The committee, which launched an investigation into the
Semenya affair in September, said "its board has the power to
oversee, direct, control, administer and, if necessary, manage
the activities of its members".
The decision came a day after SASCOC suspended ASA boss
Leonard Chuene, who admitted that he knew about the gender
test conducted on the 800 metre gold medalist prior to the
Berlin world championships.
> Chuene ignored advice to withdraw the athlete from
competing in the tournament, resulting in the controvesial sex
test ordered on her by world athletics governing body, the
IAAF.
Bureau Report
First Published: Saturday, November 07, 2009, 09:42