It is a stain on the Tokyo Olympics that Semenya, the two-time Olympic gold medallist has been barred from defending her 800-metre title simply on the basis of unfounded stereotypes.

Semenya, who hails from South Africa, identifies as female and was judged to be female at birth, but has naturally higher levels of testosterone and XY chromosomes.

Caster Semenya was elevated for the gold medal position two years ago when Russian athlete Mariya Savinova was later disqualified for doping violations.

In June, it was announced that Semenya was free to run the 800m without having to take medication. But later, she was denied participation in her favoured 800 metres race in Morocco, following a rule change by the IAAF, athletics’ governing body.

Semenya, the 800m Olympic title winner in 2012 and 2016, was fighting IAAF’s imposed “hyperandrogenic” rules — the regulations for athletes with ‘Differences of Sexual Development’ who want to compete in the female category.

Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya has accused the world athletics’ governing body, the IAAF, of using her as a ‘human guinea pig’.

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Caster Semenya has been denied participation at Rabat, Morocco, despite Switzerland’s highest court rejecting IAAF rules over testosterone levels.

Caster Semenya is once again free to run the 800m without taking medication as in a surprise news Swiss Court overrules IAAF ruling over testosterone levels in female athletes.

On Wednesday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne dismissed Caster Semenya’s appeal against International IAAF’s rules over testosterone levels in female athletes. Two days after she lost appeal, the South African runner on Friday won her last 800m race. The victory came before new testosterone-limiting rules come into effect for women’s middle-distance track events. Semenya, […]