MEMORABLE MEMOIRS
THE RACE TO BE MYSELF
By CASTER SEMENYA JONATHAN BELL
We’ve always been fans of Caster – and this book made us love her even more.
A lot has been written about the South African Olympic champion over the years but now, in her own words, she looks back on her life.
From an early age, the athlete always felt comfortable in her own skin and was accepted and loved in her community. It was only later, when Caster started to make a name for herself on the athletics track that she suddenly had to defend herself as she was suddenly declared “not woman enough”. It was all covered exhaustively in the news – the gender tests she was subjected to and the hormones