Caster Semenya turns to Europe to set her free
SA champion runner to go to European Court of Human Rights to declare her rights were violated
25 February 2021 - 15:19
Caster Semenya wants the European Court of Human Rights to find that her rights under the continent’s Convention on Human Rights were violated when the Swiss federal court upheld World Athletics’ regulations on female eligibility.
A statement issued by the Johannesburg-based lawyers of the reigning Olympic 800m champion confirmed a case had been lodged before the European court‚ which sits in Strasbourg‚ France...
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