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‘I don’t care’: Semenya says she offered to show track officials her body
The dual Olympic champion has also accused the world athletics body of making her take medication that “tortured” her and made her fear she was going to have a heart attack.
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Caster Semenya is taking her legal battle against rules to limit female runners' testosterone levels to the European Court of Human Rights, lawyers confirmed.
'I refuse to let them drug me': Semenya loses final appeal in Switzerland
The Swiss Federal Tribunal has ruled that athletics' governing body has the right to stipulate that athletes who produce excess testosterone must move to lower it.
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Testosterone study shows Semenya has an advantage over rivals: IAAF
The IAAF has welcomed a landmark study showing high testosterone helped women run better, saying it justified their decision to bar Caster Semenya from key races.
Olympic champion Semenya turns to soccer
Two-time Olympic 800m gold medallist Caster Semenya appears to be preparing for a career outside of athletics after joining a women's football club.
'I've never felt recognised by women': Semenya on rivals' 'rude responses'
Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya, locked in a battle over testosterone levels with athletics authorities, has not felt supported by other women in sport.
Semenya forced out of world titles as regulations reinstated
A Swiss Federal Tribunal has reversed a ruling that temporarily allowed Caster Semenya to compete at the athletics world championships in September.
Semenya threatens to skip world champs
Caster Semenya says she would not defend her world title in Doha in September if she could not run in the 800 metres because of new testosterone regulations.
IAAF used me as a guinea pig, says Semenya
Newly released papers show a Swiss court ruled that Caster Semenya must take testosterone-limiting drugs to compete, despite admitting there is no evidence to support the ban on her running at 1500m and beyond
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