Caster Semenya to challenge IAAF gender rule at top sport court
Law firm Norton Rose Fulbright says the legal challenge will be filed on Monday at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland
Middle-distance runner Caster Semenya will challenge a female classification rule imposed by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), her lawyers said on Monday. The double Olympic and triple world 800m champion faces having to take medication to lower her higher than normal levels of naturally produced testosterone, which the sport’s governing IAAF has deemed gives her an unfair advantage. Law firm Norton Rose Fulbright said in a statement that the legal challenge would be filed on Monday at the CAS in Lausanne. "Ms Semenya, like all athletes, is entitled to compete the way she was born without being obliged to alter her body by any medical means," Norton Rose Fulbright said. Controversy has never been far from the 27 year old, since her teenage success in the 800m at the 2009 world championships in Berlin, where the pure power of her surge to victory sparked question marks about her gender. Testosterone is a hormone...
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