NEW : Caster Semenya wins gold medal in ceremony Thursday . South African athletics fans rally behind controversial new women 's championship . `` The gender verification test is an extremely complex procedure , '' said IAAF spokesman Nick Davies -- who revealed the question of Semenya 's gender was first raised after her astonishing African Junior Championships displays . Semenya has runaway victory in women 's 800 metres title race . She lost in the final after ruling body asked for gender test on the teenager . The 18-year - old 's father also insists that she is female .
NEW : Caster Semenya wins gold medal in ceremony Thursday . South African athletics fans rally behind controversial new women 's championship . Semenya has runaway victory in women 's 800 metres title race . She lost in the final after ruling body asked for gender test on the teenager . The 18-year - old 's father also insists that she is female .