Indian Runner Santhi Soundarajan can empathize with what Caster Semenya is going through. Soundarajan was questioned about her gender in the 2006 Asian Games after finishing in second place in the women's 800 meter race. She was forced to return her silver medal and was forced to drop out of competing in athletics after she failed a gender test in Doha, Quatar.
After getting rejected from competing in Sport, Soundarajan mentions that it was hard for her to find a job, partially because she was from a poor family and also because she was looked at like a cheat. She mentioned that if she got her medal back be a dream come true. The Athletics Federation of India has said that they might consider asking for its return from the Olympic Council of Asia.
She told the Associated Press on Saturday in an interview, "I pray that Semenya does not go through what I've been through, it almost drove me to committing suicide." Soundarajan has been coaching poor children for the past two years and has been strongly uplifted from that.
--Brooke Broderick
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