‘Failed sex test’ deposes India’s track queen

AN ASIAN Games silver medallist has failed a sex test and will be stripped of her medal.

Santhi Soundarajan of India won the silver medal in the women’s 800m on December 9 and undertook the gender verification test, which is not mandatory but carried out if officials want it or a rival protests.

“Santhi was subjected to a gender test in Doha and we have received the report which says she failed the test,” said Manmohan Singh, chairman of the Indian Olympic Association’s Medical Commission.