In August 2009, an 18-year-old Caster Semenya ran two laps of a Berlin track so fast that it would alter the course of both her life and her sport. Ten years later, the fight to secure a spot on the right side of athletics history is only getting dirtier.
In August 2009, an 18-year-old Caster Semenya ran two laps of a Berlin track so fast that it would alter the course of both her life and her beloved sport. At 1:55.45, her World Championships’ time was the quickest anyone had run the 800m that year. Someone decided it was too good to be true.Ten years later the fight to secure a spot on the right side of athletics history is only getting dirtier.
Maybe there’s a reason it released the latest “briefing notes and Q&A on female eligibility regulations” late on a Tuesday night. Perhaps the thinking was that everyone was too transfixed by what was happening in Liverpool to care about anything else at the time. Or maybe it just doesn’t care to reveal one of its core motivations: limiting the sport to its conception of the ideal female.
Zondi, who was part of Athletics SA’s concurrent CAS appeal, joins a growing list of experts and professionals who have expressed concerns about the implementation of the new regulations. The WMA’s call stems from the fact that affected athletes must now either take medication or undergo treatment for non-symptoms. Before a doctor prescribes you medication, they weigh up the potential of the side-effects with the value of its curing effects.
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