SA weighs up challenge to Semenya court hormone ruling
The government and the athlete are looking at the possibility of getting the effective ban on her lifted before the Olympics in Tokyo
09 September 2020 - 14:50
The SA government is set to decide within days whether to challenge the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland’s decision not to let Caster Semenya to run the 800m race without taking medication to reduce her naturally high of testosterone.
Semenya’s lawyers said on Tuesday that the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland 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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