Since 2015, elite runner Caster Semenya has gone undefeated in the 800-meter event at the world track and field championships, but in a major setback, a major ruling means she won’t be allowed to compete in that event as long as she continues to refuse hormone treatments to reduce her testosterone levels.
The Swiss Supreme Court had issued a reprieve to Semenya in June, allowing her to compete while she continued to appeal International Association of Athletics Federation rules that female athletes must maintain a certain lower level of testosterone.
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But on Tuesday, as the New York Times reports, the court reversed itself and reimposed the hormone restrictions governing women who run events in lengths of 400 meters to a mile.
Semenya appeared down, but not out by the turnaround, telling the Times in a statement that she would be continuing to “fight for the human rights of all the female athletes concerned.”
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