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Caster Semenya has made a last-minute decision to run in the 800m in Doha on Friday, which will be the last time she can compete in her favourite event before the IAAF’s new rules requiring athletes with differences in sex development to take medication to reduce their testosterone are introduced.
Semenya’s agent has confirmed the South African has flown to Doha for the first Diamond League event of the season where she will compete against her closest rival Francine Niyonsaba – the Olympic and world championships silver medallist in the 800m, who last month revealed she was also a differences in sex development (DSD) athlete – as well as Britain’s Lynsey Sharp.
Written by Sean Ingle
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/may/02/caster-semenya-doha-sebastian-coe-iaaf-cas-ruling-athletics under the title “Caster Semenya to run in Doha as Sebastian Coe welcomes Cas ruling”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
