IOC chief calls Semenya case 'complicated and delicate' | Sport24news
on Monday called the controversial gender case of South African runner"extremely complicated and delicate" and said an expert panel will study its implications.
The decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport means female athletes with elevated testosterone will have to take suppressive treatment if they wish to compete as women in certain events. Bach told AFP in Brisbane that the IOC would create a group of "experts from science, from ethics as well as athletes' representatives and from international federations" to examine the ruling.
"This is a case that should be taken up with the international federations, it's their rules that are involved, their technical regulations," he said, adding that he had"no idea" when the group would reach any conclusions.
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