Fast forward to just over a decade ago and young Santhi Soundarajan, has just run her heart out and won the race of her life, only to be told that she is not a woman. Even though she has religiously lived her life as such, humiliated and devastated she tries to commit suicide leaving us to ask a major question: Is the purpose of bodies like the International Association of Athletics Federations, IAAF, here to protect their members or beat them like criminals until proven innocent? It was easy in these cases to make headlines with these juicy accusations, but it is the apologies and forgiveness sought afterwards that never seem to hold as much traction.