South African athlete Caster Semenya can compete in male events, the IAAF said.
The IAAF said: “However, she would still be entitled to compete ... in the female classification:
at any competition that is not an International Competition: in any event, without restriction; and atin the male classification: at any competition at any level, in any discipline, without restriction; or in any 'intersex' classification that the event organiser may offer at any competition at any level, in any discipline, without restriction.”
Simply put, this means that Semenya could conceivably compete in the 100m or 200m sprints, or in any women’s race longer than a mile. She can also compete in any men’s event over any distance. The IAAF also reiterated that the new regulations only applied to individuals who are legally female , and who have one of a certain number of specified DSDs - which means that they have male chromosomes and not female chromosomes , have testes and not ovaries, have circulating testosterone in the male range and not the female range, and that have the ability to make use of that testosterone circulating within their bodies by having functional androgen receptors.
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