South African OC issues ban in Semenya case

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- South Africa's Olympic governing body has suspended Athletics South Africa in a spreading fallout over Caster Semenya's gender test.

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) said in a statement it was suspending ASA with immediate effect after ASA's attorneys sent a letter saying a committee decision a day earlier to suspend ASA's president Leonard Chuene and board was "unreasonable, procedurally and substantively unfair."

The Olympic committee said the letter indicated ASA "will not respect (its) directives and/or resolutions."

The committee added ASA's officials "engaged in acts of misconduct and misdemeanors" in regard to Semenya "and brought SASCOC into disrepute."

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