Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya loses bid to compete without taking drugs
Athlete ‘very disappointed’ after losing her appeal against sport's Court of Arbitration ruling
08 September 2020 - 21:21
Caster Semenya has failed in her latest bid to be allowed to run the 800m without having to take medication to reduce naturally high levels of testosterone.
Her lawyers said in a statement on Tuesday that the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland had refused to set aside the 2019 ruling by the Court of Arbitration allowing the female eligibility rules for all events from the 400m to the mile imposed by the sport’s world governing body‚ World Athletics...
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