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The Race To Be Myself (Paperback) Loot Price: R286
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The Race To Be Myself (Paperback)

Caster Semenya

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“Caster’s story isn’t just a tale of perseverance and poise, it’s a story that makes us all interrogate our humanity and the world we build with our actions every day. An essential read.” - Trevor Noah

Caster Semenya is one of the greatest athletes ever to run the 800- metre. She went undefeated for almost four years, winning two Olympic gold medals and three World Athletics Championships, and set and broke numerous records.

However, Caster’s life and career were devastated by accusations that she was not a woman and should not compete against other women as she was born with naturally elevated levels of testosterone. Required by the International Association of Athletics Federations to take hormone-altering drugs as a condition of competing in certain events, Caster for years suffered side effects that she describes as devastating to her health. Her predicament surfaced a still-raging firestorm over our understanding of gender and, of how gender plays out in sports, as well as our expectations of female athletes.

The Race to be Myself tells the coming-of-age story of an iconic athlete – of Caster’s dramatic journey from a gifted and self-trained novice to the pinnacle of her sport – and takes readers behind the scenes of her inspiring battle to run in the ‘body that God gave me’.

General

Imprint: Jonathan Ball Publishers
Release date: October 2023
Authors: Caster Semenya
Dimensions: 233 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 978-1-77619-223-6
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Sport
Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Track & field sports, athletics > General
Books > Biography > Sport
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LSN: 1-77619-223-0
Barcode: 9781776192236

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Sat, 27 Jan 2024 | Review by: Myrna C.

Heartfelt, brutally truthful, sincere, an absolute must read

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