South Africa’s government is stepping up to appeal a controversial ruling that would force one of their star athletes to alter her body’s alchemy.
As Blavity reported, last week The Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) ruled to uphold The International Association of Athletic Federations’ (IAAF) decision that female athletes with abnormally high testosterone levels cannot compete against other women in most competitions.
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Caster Semenya, the South African Olympic gold medalist who filed the original appeal, was offered consolation to either compete in any race longer than a mile, race against men or take hormone enhancement pills. Understandably, she has adamantly declined to accept.
Now, PBS reports South Africa’s government will be taking the lead to contest the decision yet again. The country’s sports ministry announced that its track federation, Athletics South Africa (ASA), is stepping up to defend Semenya and other persons whom the resolution will affect.
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