THE EDITOR, Sir:

I don't remember which radio station I was listening to but I heard someone weighing in on the Caster Semenya issue.

The person was suggesting that she should be banned from the sport because her physical attributes, including her hormonal difference, gave her an unfair advantage over her competitors.

In all the discussions I've heard or read since the conclusion of the offensive sex tests, has there been any question as to her gender? Just how much or how little of a woman is she?

Competed with boys

It could be argued that her superior development came about as a result of her, according to her father, competing mostly with boys during her early stages of development. Maybe something hormonal occurs as a result from playing almost exclusively with boys. We don't know yet.

Taking the commentator's comments to their extreme, though, are we now going to ban Usain Bolt from competing? He is taller and much faster than any of his competitors, simply because he doesn't fit the usual profile of a traditional sprinter.

I think that we can all agree that we are all built differently - some more different than others - and that lends to the world's diversity. Just because some of us are built genetically 'better' than others should not cause us to discriminate against those fortunate few among us who lift sports (or any other field of endeavour for that matter) to a higher level.

I am, etc.,

TERENCE ANTHONY

JARRETT

ironfist106@hotmail.com

Kingston 6