I was IAAF’s human guinea pig: Caster Semenya

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South Africa's double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya yesterday accused the IAAF, world athletics' governing body, of using her as a 'human guinea pig'. 'The IAAF used me in the past as a human guinea pig to experiment with how the medication they required me to take...

The athlete, who won the women's 800m at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, unknowingly underwent a gender test shortly before she won gold at the 2009 Berlin World ChampionshipsShe was forced to spend eight months out, the IAAF clearing her to compete again in July 2010.

Semenya had contested a decision by the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport, which previously found that the rules were"discriminatory" but"necessary" to ensure fairness in women's athletics.

 

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