IAAF will not attempt to classify Semenya as male164 Friday, February 15th 2019 at 08:28 GMT +3 | Friday, February 15th 2019 at 08:28 GMT +3 | Sports By BBC:Semenya is the reigning two-time Olympic and three-time World 800m champion [Courtesy]Athletics’ governing body has denied it will tell a court female athletes with high testosterone levels like Caster Semenya should be classified as male. World and Olympic 800m champion Semenya is challenging a proposed IAAF rule that aims to restrict the levels of testosterone in female runners. The Times reported that IAAF lawyers will say Semenya is a “biological male” as well as classifed as female. The IAAF said it is “not classifying” any athlete with “differences of sexual development” (DSD) - of whom South African Semenya is the most notable - as male. Semenya, a two-time Olympic champion and three-time world champion, has previously been asked to undertake gender testing by athletics chiefs, but no results have officially been made public.

Source: Standard Digital February 15, 2019 05:28 UTC