South Africa's Department of Sport and Recreation claimed earlier today that the IAAF had agreed to let Semenya to keep the medal and prize money she won in the German capital despite the row over her gender.

 

They claimed it was because the IAAF accepted that Semenya was "innocent of any wrong" and should not be punished.

 

The Department said: "Because Caster has been found to be innocent of any wrong[doing], she will retain her gold medal, retain her title of 800m world champion, retain her prize money."
 

But the IAAF insisted that nothing had been sorted out yet and investigations into the controversy were continuing and that medical tests needed to be completed.

 

A spokesman for the IAAF said: "We stick 100 per cent to [the] position and details of the IAAF release issued yesterday.

"We are working towards a resolution but the case is not closed for us.

 

"The situation remains exactly the same as it was last night."
 

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