The 25-year-old also won the 2016 Minister's Recognition of Excellence Award. Both awards were presented to her by the South African Minister of Sport, Fikile Mbalula. Her win was met with a standing ovation at the event in Johannesburg. In her speech, she thanked her fellow South Africans for the support they gave her - before dedicating her award "to my haters.” Semenya has faced doubts about the legitimacy of her win due to her testosterone levels, with Team GB runner Lynsey Sharp suggesting prior to the 2016 Olympics that the 800m event had turned into "two separate races", as a result of including women with hyperandrogenism. However, a 2014 study demonstrated that there was "no clear scientific evidence proving that a high level of T [testosterone] is a significant determinant of performance in female sports.”Let's @caster800m #CasterSemenya on winning the #gsport11 SPAR Athlete of the Year @gsport4girls pic.twitter.com/JecKLOhPdT
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