Caster Semenya loses appeal against IAAF testosterone rules [View all]

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Caster Semenya loses appeal against IAAF testosterone rules

Date 01.05.2019

A Swiss-based panel ruled against South African athlete Caster Semenya on Wednesday, rejecting Sememya's appeal against regulations to limit testosterone for female middle-distance runners.

Semenya is believed to be intersex. She has demanded arbitration after International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) announced plans to impose testosterone limits on female athletes with differences in sexual development (DSD).

According to IAAF, unusually high testosterone levels give the athletes a competitive advantage in events from 400 meters to one mile (1609 meters). Last month, the UN Human Rights Council publically slammed the IAAF rules as "unnecessary, humiliating, and harmful."

In the Wednesday verdict, the Court of Arbitration for Sport's panel said the IAAF's new rules were "discriminatory." At the same time "such discrimination is a necessary, reasonable and proportionate means" to preserve the integrity of female athletics, the court said.

The South African athlete responded by tweeting an emoji of somebody shrugging and an image that read it was sometimes better "to react with no reaction."
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