This is a very interesting issue, but one which has been handled very badly by the Athletics authorities, and by many sports commentators. The problem isn't that she has been asked to take a gender test... regardless of if she is a man or a woman, given that she is just 18, this issue should have been handled much more privately and tactfully... this poor person is having their stated gender disputed and discussed in public. Many South Africans are rightly angry about this; they argue that if she was white and European/North American, the issue would have been handled much more sensitively.
I've heard that she may simply be a young girl with a natural hormone imbalance, which would explain the muscles and the strong build. I have to admit though, she does have a slightly masculine look about her... strong jawline, torso, etc.
I don't think that she is a "shemale" in the more widely understood sense... i.e. she wasn't born as a boy, and then deliberatly changed herself into a woman. Thinking about it logically, most male-to-female transsexuals tend to be very feminine and "girly"... they don't usually hit the gym, develop a chiselled six-pack, and become world champion athletes!
Anyway, it looks like this gender test will definitely go ahead, so I guess time will tell if Caster is a boy or a girl. My money is on girl though.
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