But Semenya and her supporters have called the I.A.A.F. rule medically unnecessary as well as “discriminatory, irrational, unjustifiable” and a violation of the rules of sport and universally-recognized human rights. Semenya said the rule stigmatized women who do not conform to perceived notions of femininity and permitted discrimination against them. She argued that she should be able to compete the way she was born without being obliged to medically alter her body. relied on faulty data in trying to establish the precise advantages of athletes with elevated testosterone levels.

Source: International New York Times May 01, 2019 10:30 UTC