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Semenya loses at Swiss supreme court over testosterone rules

Two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya lost her long legal battle Tuesday against track and field’s rules that limit female runners’ naturally high testosterone levels.

Switzerland’s supreme court said its judges dismissed Semenya’s appeal against a Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling last year that upheld the rules drafted by track’s governing body affecting female runners with differences of sex development (DSD).

The 71-page ruling means Semenya cannot defend her Olympic 800-meter title at the Tokyo Games next year — or compete at any top meets in distances from 400 meters to the mile — unless she agrees to lower her testosterone level through medication or surgery.

The 29-year-old South African repeatedly said she will not do that reiterated her stance in a statement through her lawyers Tuesday.

“I am very disappointed by this ruling, but refuse to let World Athletics drug me or stop me from being who I am,” she said. “Excluding female athletes or endangering our health solely because of our natural abilities puts World Athletics on the wrong side of history.”

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Olympic runner Caster Semenya is being attacked.

The International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) recently passed a rule stating that female runners whose bodies naturally produce high levels of testosterone would have to take medication to suppress those levels.

The decision is a direct dig at Semenya, who spent nearly a year fighting the decision. But now the ruling has officially been upheld by the Court Arbitration for Sport and the fight is over.

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[imfemalewarrior]

So it took me a while to figure out what I wanted to say about Mogkadi Caster Semenya, but I know what I want to say, now. 

The whole thing reminds me of the Harrison Bergeron short story by Kurt Vonnegut. It’s unethical, goes against science, medicine, scientists, and doctors, and is racist. Look at how much Katie Ledecky was praised for raising the bar so high, now Semenya is raising the bar and people are questioning her legitimacy and trying to hold her back or change the rules to exclude her. We should be celebrating Semenya just as much as we celebrated Ledecky. 

-FemaleWarrior, She/They 

[butu-na-moyi]

Y'all, the CAS really said Semenya has to lower her testosterone levels to compete. This is so disgusting.

"Cas found that the rules for athletes with DSD were discriminatory - but that the discrimination was "necessary, reasonable and proportionate" to protect "the integrity of female athletics"

What?? You're really out here approving of a made up limit of what the highest testosterone level for a woman could be. Who gave y'all the right to define that?? Especially since there is a woman before you who is living proof that that limit doesn't reflect reality at all.

Caster Semenya: Olympic 800m champion loses appeal against IAAF testosterone rules

Olympic champion Caster Semenya loses her appeal against new rules from athletics' governing body restricting testosterone levels in female

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Testosteron-Regel: Semenya verliert vor CAS gegen Weltverband IAAF

Caster Semenyas Einspruch gegen die umstrittene Testosteron-Regel ist vom Internationalen Sportgerichtshof CAS abgelehnt worden. Die Entscheidung könnte weitreichende Folgen haben.

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Women With High Testosterone Will Be Banned From Competing In Some Track Races, A Court Has Ruled

South African Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya lost her appeal challenging the rule as “discriminatory, unnecessary, unreliable, and disproportionate.”

South African Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya lost an appeal Wednesday in athletics' highest court, which ruled that restricting testosterone levels in runners with "differences of sex development" is discriminatory but should be done anyway.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decided in favor of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) rule regulating testosterone levels, meaning that some athletes, such as Semenya, may need to take medication to suppress their testosterone levels in order to compete at international races.

The IAAF argued that female runners with high testosterone levels have an unfair advantage in races ranging from 400 meters to 1 mile.

The IAAF rule was due to come into effect in November 2018 but was suspended during Semenya's challenge that it is "discriminatory, unnecessary, unreliable and disproportionate."

The panel of three judges found that the regulation is discriminatory but added, "Such discrimination is necessary, reasonable, and proportionate means of achieving the IAAF's aim of preserving the integrity of female athletics in the Restricted Events."

The CAS judges, however, want the rule to be applied to races up to 800 meters, saying that there is not enough evidence to support the idea that women with elevated testosterone levels have a competitive advantage in the 1,500-meter or 1-mile race.

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