Caster Semenya: ‘I’m Still a Woman’

In “The Race to Be Myself,” the Olympic runner tells the full story of her gender-based discrimination and dehumanization by the global athletics world.

Credit...Hannah Peters/Getty ImagesJen A. Miller is the author of “Running: A Love Story.”

Oct. 31, 2023, 5:00 a.m. ET

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THE RACE TO BE MYSELF: A Memoir, by Caster Semenya

In 2009, the 18-year-old South African track star Caster Semenya arrived in Berlin to run in the 800-meter event in that year’s World Championships. But before she was allowed to participate in the race — which she won — the International Association of Athletics Federations…