Caster Semenya tweets her defiance about IAAF ruling on testosterone
Caster Semenya has fired back at her critics, after new regulations were released that compel women athletes with high levels of naturally occurring testosterone to take medication to reduce them. The champion athlete took to Twitter and posted a series of defiant quotes after the latest move by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to introduce new eligibility regulations for females with Differences of Sexual Development (DSD). Meanwhile‚ Prof Steve Cornelius has resigned as a member of the IAAF disciplinary tribunal in protest against the new rule. According to Team SA‚ Cornelius penned a letter to the president of the IAAF‚ citing his reasons for stepping down. "On deep moral grounds‚ I cannot see myself part of a system in which I may be called upon to apply regulations which I deem to be fundamentally flawed and most likely unlawful in various jurisdictions around the globe‚" Cornelius said in the letter. "It would also be unethical for me to devote tim...
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