The decision on Caster Semenya’s challenge to continue competing without any restrictions will be announced by the Court of Arbitration for Sport at 12pm on Wednesday.
The double Olympic 800m champion is challenging the sport’s governing body, International Association of Athletics Federations , over its decision to restrict testosterone levels in female runners.The IAAF wants the South African and other female athletes with differences of sexual development to take testosterone blockers.
Testosterone is a hormone that increases muscle mass, strength and haemoglobin – which affects endurance. Several expert witness were called by both sides during a five-day hearing presided by three judges at the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland in February. “Ms Semenya is a woman. There is no debate or question about this and the IAAF does not dispute this,” the statement said.
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