Semenya to race 3,000m at Diamond League’s Prefontaine
First race since controversial IAAF rules on testosterone levels came into effect
Los Angeles — Two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya will race the 3,000m at the Diamond League Prefontaine Classic on June 30, a distance she can contest without reducing her testosterone levels. The South African has won two Olympic golds at 800m, and has insisted she will not take medication to comply with new International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) rules governing testosterone levels in women athletes that went into effect on May 8. The new rules require women with higher than normal male hormone levels — so-called “hyperandrogenic” athletes — to artificially lower the amount of testosterone in their bodies if they are to compete in races over distances of 400m to the mile. Semenya won the 800m at the Doha Diamond League meeting recently in her first race since losing her appeal against the controversial ruling at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). SA have said they will lodge an appeal against the CAS ruling with the Switzerland Federal Tribunal, citi...
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