• Cas rejects appeal against ‘discriminatory’ IAAF policy
The South African 800m star Caster Semenya has lost her landmark legal case against athletics’ governing body, the IAAF, in a decision that will send shockwaves through sport.
It means that the 800m Olympic champion will have to take medication to reduce her testosterone if she wants to run internationally at events between 400m and a mile. The surprise verdict, which was announced by the Court of Arbitration for Sport after three arbitators had spent more than two months deliberating over the complex and highly contentious case, came even though Cas agreed that the IAAF’s policy was “discriminatory” to athletes with differences in sexual development (DSDs) such as Semenya.
Written by Sean Ingle
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/may/01/caster-semenya-loses-landmark-legal-case-iaaf-athletics under the title “Caster Semenya loses landmark legal case against IAAF over testosterone levels”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
