 Semenya shows off the 800m gold medal she won in August
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Gender tests on South Africa's 800m world champion Caster Semenya have revealed that she has an inter gender condition, BBC Sport understands.
The 18-year-old was asked to take the tests following her rapid rise to prominence in 2009 and just hours before she won the title in Berlin.
The IAAF has the results but wants them examined before speaking to Semenya.
BBC Sport's Gordon Farquhar said: "It's likely that she has some hermaphroditic or inter-gender condition."
An Australian newspaper has claimed that Semenya is a hermaphrodite - someone who has some or all of the primary sex characteristics of both genders.
But the IAAF's Nick Davies said: "The statements should be treated with caution as they are not official statements by the IAAF.
"We have received the results from Germany, but they now need to be examined by a group of experts and we will not be in a position to speak to the athlete about them for at least a few weeks.
"After that, depending on the results, we will meet privately with the athlete to discuss further action."
Farquhar added: "We already know that she has testosterone levels that are three times higher than those normally expected in a female.
"The IAAF has to decide whether that gives her an unfair advantage or if it is an advantage that can be reversed by surgery or medication to allow her to continue to compete.
"It's a serious issue and the athlete has to be told the implications."
Semenya won the 800m title in Berlin in August in the fastest time of the year, one minute, 55.45 seconds, 2.5 seconds ahead of Kenya's 2007 champion Janeth Jepkosgei.
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