CAPE TOWN: Olympic 800-metres champion Caster Semenya on Wednesday lost her appeal against rules that mean middle distance female athletes with high natural levels of testosterone must take medication to reduce it.
"I know that the IAAF's regulations have always targeted me specifically," Semenya, 28, said in a statement released via her lawyers."For a decade the IAAF has tried to slow me down, but this has actually made me stronger. The decision of the CAS will not hold me back. The case is likely to have far-reaching consequences, not just for the future of athletics, but all women's sport, and has split opinion around the globe.
"No athlete will be forced to undergo any assessment and/or treatment under these regulations. It is each athlete's responsibility, in close consultation with her medical team, to decide whether or not to proceed with any assessment and/or treatment," it said. Under the rules, female athletes who have high natural levels of testosterone will have to reduce their levels through medication to under 5 nmol/L, which is double the normal female range of below 2 nmol/L.
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