(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 13, 2018 South Africas Caster Semenya (gold) poses on the podium after the athletics women’s 800m final during the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games at the Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast. South Africans have angrily denounced as racist new athletics world governing body rules prescribing maximum testosterone levels in female competitors widely seen to target the country’s Olympic champion Caster Semenya. Her backers at home and abroad have accused the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) new policies that target women who naturally produce unusually high levels of testosterone of being “sexist”,”racist”,”homophobic”,”dehumanising” and “humiliating”. / AFP PHOTO / SAEED KHAN
Fiercely loyal South African fans hope their Olympic champion Caster Semenya gets the all clear Wednesday when the outcome of a landmark hearing on proposed rules to restrict female athletes’ testosterone levels is…
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