S Africa gender row coach resigns

Pretoria, 08 Sept-(ANA)-The coach of South African athlete Caster Semenya, the 800m world champion, has resigned amid an ongoing investigation into her gender.

Ms Semenya, 18, was told to take gender tests after winning gold at the World Championships in Berlin.

Wilfred Daniels said he was leaving as coach as Athletics South Africa (ASA) did not advise Ms Semenya properly.

He said he was sorry for not protecting her from all the media attention, which ASA should have predicted.

"I'm so sorry for the part I played; because of my negligence she went through all that," he said, South Africa's Star newspaper reports.

The controversy over Ms Semenya's gender has angered many in South Africa, including her family who insist she is female. (ANA)

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