Caster Semenya’s Olympic hopes fade as runner loses testosterone rules appeal

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  • Swiss tribunal says Cas ruling ‘cannot be challenged’
  • Double Olympic 800m champion vows to fight on

The double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya appears to have lost her long-running legal battle against regulations requiring women with high testosterone to take medication to compete internationally between 400m and a mile.

A Swiss federal tribunal said on Tuesday that it supported a decision by the court of arbitration for sport last year that track and field’s policy for athletes with differences in sex development (DSD) was “necessary, reasonable and proportionate” to ensure fair competition in women’s sport.

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Written by Sean Ingle
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Caster Semenya’s Olympic hopes fade as runner loses testosterone rules appeal

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