South African rights groups have vowed to petition the United Nations and African Union over the latest ruling that the country’s Olympic 800-metre champion Caster Semenya cannot compete unless she takes hormone-suppressing drugs.
Switzerland’s Supreme Court last week dismissed Semenya’s appeal against a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on eligibility criteria for athletes with differences of sexual development (DSD).
The South African two-times gold medallist, who has elevated testosterone due to DSD, identifies as a woman and races as a woman.
But for World Athletics, women with some masculine attributes like Semenya have an unfair advantage — a position hotly contested by South African officials.
