South African Olympic champion and intersex athlete, Caster Semenya, has hit back at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) after losing her landmark case against rules regulating testosterone in female athletes.
Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland ruled in favour of International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) that female athletes such as Semenya must now take testosterone suppressants like the contraceptive pill to stay under the permitted level to continue competing as a woman in any running event between the 400m and the mile. Read previous report here.
Semenya, who fought the decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland, in February, responded on social media to the ruling with a tweet which read: ‘Sometimes it’s better to react with no reaction.’
She then issued a defiant statement against the decision, saying: ‘I know that the IAAF’s regulations have always targeted me…
