CASTER Semenya received the most rousing welcome on Tuesday at OR Tambo International airport as SA’s Olympic heroes arrived back in the country after a record medal haul.But while SA celebrates the 10 medals — two gold, six silver and two bronze — the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is set to resume its witch-hunt against Semenya and other hyperandrogenic athletes.IAAF president Sebastian Coe said just two hours after Semenya’s stunning 800m victory last Sunday it would pull out all the stops to have the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling that allowed Semenya and India’s Dutee Chand to compete in Rio overturned.Coe faced pressure from some of the losing European 800m athletes — Lynsey Sharp, who finished sixth, and fifth-placed Polish runner Joanna Jozwik. Sharp has been telling British media hyperandrogenic athletes should take medication to suppress their elevated testosterone levels or "have an operation". Jozwik went as far as to tell the BBC ...
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