A gender test on Pinki Pramanik, gold medalist in the women's 4x400m relay at the 2006 Asian Games, has proved that he is male and the athlete has been charged with rape. Here are few other instances where other athletes have come under the scanner for allegedly having altered their sex...
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Caster Semenya: South African sprinter Caster Semenya underwent gender test when reports emerged in the media that Caster had undergone sex-change. The IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) was highly criticized for the handling of Semenya's case and raised many eyebrows in the athletics world.
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Santhi Soundarajan: Another Indian athlete Santhi Soundarajan also found herself in deep waters regarding the gender change. Santhi won silver in the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar but reports of her gender generated controversy and she was stripped off the medal.
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Renee Richards: If controversial athletics made headlines, tennis was not far behind. American tennis player Renee Richards played both as a man and woman. Renee born as Richard Raskind underwent sex change. She was barred from playing the 1976 US Open as a woman.
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Tamara and Irina Press: The Ukrainian born 'sisters' too were under the cloud of sex-change. There was controversy when Tamara and Irina Press won medals in the 1960 Olympics but all rumours died a quiet death after the inclusion of gender-testing in 1966. In pic: Tamara Press
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Stanislawa Walasiewicz: This was the first case of gender change in sports history when the Polish athlete won a gold medal in the women's 100 m at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, USA but years later it was found Stanislawa was a male.
