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KEVIN McCALLUM: Semenya’s difference is her sporting brilliance
Towards the end of February, Caster Semenya sat in a room in a seaside hotel in Monaco and spoke of the Commonwealth Games, the year ahead and the never-ending questioning about her physiology. Her answer to a complicated circumstance was simple and told with a shrug and a grin. "It comes through education. I am a human. There are emotions. I studied psychology, I studied human physiology. I know how to treat my emotions. As athletes … we know there are people with criticisms, people who want to undermine and judge. I can’t let that sit on my mind. My main focus is to be a great athlete. "How I see life is different, how I change the lives of kids. When I look back I want to have been a great example to others," said Semenya. "Obviously, if you try to destroy me, I have to find a way to stay on track. If someone comes with negativity, I have to change it to positivity. It’s quite simple for me. I believe I have been put on this world for a reason," she said. There has, yet again, be...
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