A decorated runner who won medals for India while competing as a woman was charged with rape on Monday after a gender test indicated she is actually a man, according to media reports.
Pinki Pramanik, 26, became a national star after rising from childhood poverty to win gold while anchoring India’s 400-metre relay team at the 2006 Asian Games. Pramanik won a silver medal at Sydney’s Commonwealth Games the same year.
Pramanik became mired in controversy in June after the now-retired runner’s live-in girlfriend accused Pramanik of being a man masquerading as a woman and of raping her. Pramanik denies all the charges.
Previous gender tests had proved inconclusive, according to multiple Indian newspaper reports.
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Pinki Pramanik, female Indian sprinter, accused of being a man, charged with rape - thestar.com
