Semenya gender case on CAA's agenda

Semenya
Semenya

The weekend Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) Congress in Ivory Coast is expected to discuss 800m runner, Caster Semenya’s controversial gender case, which is before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

The double Olympic champion dragged the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to CAS, seeking to overturn a new set of rules aimed at lowering the testosterone levels in some female athletes.

The new rules, which were put on hold pending the Semenya court challenge, require that female athletes with high testosterone levels lower them to within certain standards.

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Time to end informal sector fronting

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