Caster Semenya, the South African Olympic champion runner, has won her appeal which she had submitted to the European Court of Human Rights to end “discriminatory” testosterone limits imposed on female athletes
Caster Semenya, the South African Olympic champion runner, has won her appeal which she had submitted to the European Court of Human Rights to end “discriminatory” testosterone limits imposed on female athletes, the ECHR said on Tuesday. Semenya is hyperandrogenous – meaning she has naturally high levels of testosterone – and has been fighting against rules introduced in 2019 by World Athletics – track and field’s governing body – which regulates levels of the hormone in female athletes.
“It followed, particularly with regard to the high personal stakes involved for the applicant – namely, participating in athletics competitions at international level, and therefore practicing her profession – that Switzerland had overstepped the narrow margin of appreciation afforded to it in the present case, which concerned discrimination on grounds of sex and sexual characteristics requiring ‘very weighty reasons’ by way of justification.
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