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Did the BBC misrepresent Lynsey Sharp? Telling the whole story

Larry EderbyLarry Eder
June 6, 2016
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I retweeted a tweet earlier today a story from BBC Sports suggesting that Lynsey Sharp was not happy with Caster Semenya racing 800 meters once again.

Sharp_LynseyQ1-Worlds15.jpgLynsey Sharp, photo by PhotoRun.net

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Did the BBC pressure Lynsey Sharp into speaking about Caster Semenya?

Per a keen observer of the sport, who was there, Lynsey Sharp said that she did not want to speak about Caster Semenya. In fact, she said she wanted to focus on herself and getting faster. Sharp thought she could run 1:56, and if son, she would be in the mix.

GB journalists asked her if she “thought athletes should boycott Semenya races?”. Our observer noted that Lynsey Sharp was asked the same question repeatedly.

Ms. Sharp was asked ” Would you say that if Semenya was in a race your are running for second place?”. She (Lynsey) said yes, hesitantly, but ti did not represent what she wanted to say.

As our observer finally noted, ” But hey, let’s not let the truth get in the way of a good story.”

So, RunBlogRun thinks the whole issue is a cluster. Caster Semenya has been treated poorly since 2009, but the CASS ruling is an example of how people who neither understand nor appreciate science can screw things up.

RunBlogRun does not believe it is fair to push Lynsey Sharp or any other athlete to push any agenda. If the a journalist thinks that it is horse Sh#T that Ms. Semenya is allowed to run, then, say so, do not hide behind an athlete.

Truth is, for track fans, the story should be that Lynsey Sharp had just run two 1:59 800 meter races in four days, meaning she is returning to fitness.

The Caster Semenya story will be told in all of its lurid details during the Olympics, especially by media who do not have the whole story. Easy, lurid stories get fast attention.

Oh, nice racing, Lynsey Sharp!

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  • Larry Eder

    Larry Eder has had a 50-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself."

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