Quoting a source close to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the Sydney Daily Telegraph allged Semenya had internal testes - male sexual organs which produce testosterone and which in turn produces muscle bulk, body hair and a deep voice.
 

The 18-year-old won gold with a sensational final-lap sprint to streak away from the competition in Berlin last month.

Britain’s Jenny Meadows took bronze in that 800m final.

Now, the newspaper said, the IAAF is expected to disqualify Semenya from future events and advise an operation because the condition carries grave health risks.

It is not clear whether they will strip her of the gold medal she won in the German capital.
  

Since verification of all female athletes was ended by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2000, two women are known to have been disqualified after the challenge process, including Santhi Soundarajan, an Indian runner stripped of her medal at the 2006 Asian Games in similar circumstances and who has offered her support to Semenya.

The IAAF received Semenya's gender test results today but they are not due to be revealed until later this month.

IAAF spokesman Nick Davies said the results would only be made public once other experts had studied them and Semenya herself had been contacted personally.
 

Davies said: "We have the final results from the specialist tests carried out in Germany.

"These now need to be interpreted by a panel of experts drawn from the IAAF Medical Commission and some outside specialists as well.
 

"It is likely that we will be in a position to then discuss the results, in private, with Semenya, and decide on the course of action and any public announcement.
 

"Nothing will therefore be announced or confirmed until we are in a position to have the expert evaluation of the results, and discuss them with the athlete.
 

"We cannot give an exact timing but probably within the next couple of weeks."
 

However the Sydney Daily Telegraph claimed the results had been leaked by a source.

The newspaper said she has three times more testosterone than a normal female.
 

Semenya, said the paper, is unaware of the tests identifying her as a hermaphrodite.

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