Having been through a humiliating gender row, Indian sprinter Dutee Chand Thursday said she feels sad for South African Olympic champion Caster Semenya, blaming her loss in the Court of Arbitration (CAS) on the "wrong" policies of athletics' world governing body. "This is a wrong policy of the IAAF and whatever reason they are giving, it is wrong. I fought my case and I won but now Semenya and some others are at the receiving end," she added. IAAF rules now apply to 400m, 800m and 1500m only," she said. Dutee had successfully challenged the IAAF's stance on hyperandrogenism, prompting the world body to change its rules to target only middle-distance events, arguing those were most affected by elevated testosterone levels.

Source: dna May 02, 2019 13:30 UTC