By AFPMore by this AuthorJOHANNESBURGSouth Africa's parliament threw its weight behind Olympic champion Caster Semenya Thursday as she awaits a landmark ruling on whether female athletes can be required to lower their testosterone. Semenya last week went to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne to challenge the International Association of Athletics Federations' proposed rules forcing "hyper-androginous" athletes to lower their testosterone. "We already have a huge drug problem among South African youth," she added. Opposition National Freedom Party lawmaker Nhlanhlakayise Khubisa said "what is happening to Caster is the worst form of racism". The opposition Inkatha Freedom Party called on African athletes to boycott any future IAAF events if the "unfair ruling" was allowed to stand.

Source: Daily Nation February 28, 2019 15:22 UTC