US EditionA Ruling This Week in the Caster Semenya Case Could
STRASBOURG, FRANCE, JUL 09 – The European Court's decision could overturn regulations requiring female athletes with naturally high testosterone to medically suppress levels, affecting eligibility rules in women's sports.
- On Thursday, the European Court of Human Rights Grand Chamber in Strasbourg will deliver a verdict on Semenya's case after nearly two years of deliberation, focusing on whether she must lower her testosterone to compete.
- In 2018, World Athletics introduced rules requiring DSD athletes like Semenya to lower testosterone; she refused medication and was barred from competing, with CAS and Swiss courts upholding the bans.
- World Athletics claims testosterone provides Semenya an unfair advantage, while HRW criticizes rules as degrading and lacking scientific backing, with experts highlighting evidence gaps.
- If the Grand Chamber upholds her case, it could return to Swiss courts and take years to resolve, prolonging her legal battle and delaying potential changes.
- More broadly, the European Court's verdict could influence Olympic sports like swimming, as the IOC under Coventry faces ongoing debates over female eligibility rules.
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The RecordWhy the Caster Semenya sex eligibility battle confounded sports for 16 years and still isn’t over
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — One of the most complex current issues in sports can be traced back to a track meet in Germany in 2009, when an unknown 18-year-old from South Africa blew away a field of the…
The 34-year-old athlete, a double Olympic champion (2012, 2016), has been excluded from international competitions since 2018 due to an excessive production of male hormones.
Olympic winner Caster Semenya was excluded from competitions because of a high testosterone level. The European Court of Justice only partially justified her.
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled in the case of South African athlete Caster Semenya, who opposed the International Association of Athletics Federations' regulations on the forced lowering of testosterone levels.
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