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Madeleine Pape: Semenya is a woman, after all

(From L) Kenya's Margaret Nyairera Wambui, Belarus' Maryna Arzamasava, Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba and South Africa's Caster Semenya compete in the Women's 800m Final during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 20, 2016. [AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER MORIN]

Madeleine Pape weaved her way patiently through a crowded room in Botswana’s Gaborone Conference Centre.

She was determined to catch up with Caster Semenya, the celebrated - and controversial - South African athlete who had once been Pape’s rival.

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