Semenya fails to reach Olympic qualifying time for 5,000
3 years, 5 months ago

Semenya fails to reach Olympic qualifying time for 5,000

Associated Press  

LIEGE, Belgium — Caster Semenya failed in her bid to achieve the qualifying time for the 5,000 meters at the Tokyo Olympics during a meet in Belgium on Wednesday. Semenya was taking part in a race at Liege which was held after an Olympic qualifying deadline of June 29 had already expired. The two-time Olympic champion has been barred from defending her 800-meter title and from running in events from 400 meters to one mile at top track meets under World Athletics’ testosterone rules. Semenya has previously lost court cases against World Athletics at the Court of Arbitration for Sport and at the Swiss supreme court.

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South African Olympic champion Semenya asks for funds for legal fight
10 months, 2 weeks ago

South African Olympic champion Semenya asks for funds for legal fight

The Hindu  

Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya on Friday appealed for help funding her legal battle against regulations requiring female athletes with high testosterone to take medication as she prepares for a May hearing at the European Court of Human Rights. The 33-year-old South African athlete won a long legal battle last July against Switzerland at the Strasbourg-based international court, which ruled …

Caster Semenya says her children will not do athletics as ‘women are treated like animals’
1 year, 1 month ago

Caster Semenya says her children will not do athletics as ‘women are treated like animals’

The Independent  

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Caster Semenya says she went through ‘hell’ due to testosterone limits imposed on female athletes
1 year, 1 month ago

Caster Semenya says she went through ‘hell’ due to testosterone limits imposed on female athletes

CNN  

CNN — South Africa’s two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya told CNN that having to take testosterone-reducing medication in order to compete internationally was “hell” and had a negative impact on her health. “World Athletics has over a decade of research, directly from DSD athletes in our own sport, that show high testosterone levels do provide an unfair advantage in the …

Olympics no longer Semenya’s major goal amid court fight
1 year, 1 month ago

Olympics no longer Semenya’s major goal amid court fight

The Hindu  

Double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya’s major aim is no longer to win medals but to continue her legal battle against World Athletics to overturn requirements that female athletes with differences in sexual development medically reduce their testosterone levels. We will fight until the end.” Europe’s top human rights court ruled in favour of Semenya in July by a majority …

Olympic champion Semenya says she is ‘elated’ after ruling in testosterone case but has ‘suffered’
1 year, 5 months ago

Olympic champion Semenya says she is ‘elated’ after ruling in testosterone case but has ‘suffered’

Associated Press  

Champion runner Caster Semenya is “elated” at the ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in her favor in her legal battle against track and field rules that force her to suppress her natural testosterone to compete, she said in a statement Wednesday. She said the court decision “will still be significant for all sportspersons in throwing doubt on …

It has been a long time coming – Caster Semenya ‘elated’ over ECHR ruling
1 year, 5 months ago

It has been a long time coming – Caster Semenya ‘elated’ over ECHR ruling

The Independent  

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Olympic champion Caster Semenya wins human rights case but testosterone rules may remain for years
1 year, 5 months ago

Olympic champion Caster Semenya wins human rights case but testosterone rules may remain for years

The Hindu  

Champion runner Caster Semenya won a potentially landmark legal decision for sports on Tuesday when the European Court of Human Rights decided she was discriminated against by rules in track and field that force her to medically reduce her natural hormone levels to compete in major competitions. The ruling by the Strasbourg, France-based court questioned the “validity” of the contentious …

Caster Semenya wins appeal against testosterone rules at human rights court
1 year, 5 months ago

Caster Semenya wins appeal against testosterone rules at human rights court

The Hindu  

Double Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya won an appeal against track and field’s testosterone rules on Tuesday when the European Court of Human Rights ruled she had been discriminated against. The ruling could force sport’s highest court to re-examine the regulations that force Semenya and other female athletes to artificially reduce naturally high testosterone levels in order to compete at …

Olympic champion Caster Semenya wins human rights case but testosterone rules may remain for years
1 year, 5 months ago

Olympic champion Caster Semenya wins human rights case but testosterone rules may remain for years

Associated Press  

Champion runner Caster Semenya won a potentially landmark legal decision for sports on Tuesday when the European Court of Human Rights decided she was discriminated against by rules in track and field that force her to medically reduce her natural hormone levels to compete in major competitions. The ruling didn’t strike down the rules and the world track and field …

Olympic champion Caster Semenya wins testosterone ruling appeal
1 year, 5 months ago

Olympic champion Caster Semenya wins testosterone ruling appeal

Al Jazeera  

Europe’s top human rights court has ruled in favour of Olympic champion Caster Semenya, saying courts in Switzerland should give her a new chance to fight a requirement that female athletes with high natural testosterone take drugs to lower it. The South African double Olympic 800m champion, 32, had approached the European Court of Human Rights in February 2021 after …

Caster Semenya discriminated against over testosterone rules, court finds
1 year, 5 months ago

Caster Semenya discriminated against over testosterone rules, court finds

The Telegraph  

Caster Semenya still faces a massive legal fight to return to major competition after World Athletics doubled down on its new rules for testosterone suppression following a court ruling in the double Olympic champion’s favour. In the latest twist to a long-running legal battle, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Semenya’s complaints “concerned substantiated and credible claims of …

Ruling expected Tuesday in runner Caster Semenya’s human rights appeal against sex eligibility rules
1 year, 5 months ago

Ruling expected Tuesday in runner Caster Semenya’s human rights appeal against sex eligibility rules

Associated Press  

The European Court of Human Rights is expected to deliver what could be the final word Tuesday in Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya’s yearslong legal challenge against rules that force her and other female athletes to lower their natural hormone levels through medical intervention to be allowed to compete in women’s track and field races. Semenya’s case at the European …

Caster Semenya, Emma Coburn join cross-country regulars at worlds in Australia
1 year, 10 months ago

Caster Semenya, Emma Coburn join cross-country regulars at worlds in Australia

The Hindu  

Caster Semenya has won Olympic and world titles on the track over 800 meters but can’t run that distance competitively now so she’s taking on cross-country at a world championships course more synonymous with an iconic Australian auto race. Semenya and Coburn will be participating in the mixed relay event at the World Cross-Country Championships on Saturday in Bathurst, a …

Semenya, Coburn join XC regulars at world championships
1 year, 10 months ago

Semenya, Coburn join XC regulars at world championships

Associated Press  

Caster Semenya has won Olympic and world titles on the track over 800 meters but can’t run that distance competitively now so she’s taking on cross-country at a world championships course more synonymous with an iconic Australian auto race. Emma Coburn has won a world title and an Olympic bronze medal in the steeplechase and, while she’s still pursuing that …

Semenya, Coburn join XC regulars at world championships
1 year, 10 months ago

Semenya, Coburn join XC regulars at world championships

The Independent  

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World Athletics Championships: Caster Semenya Finished 13th at World 5000m
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships: Caster Semenya Finished 13th at World 5000m

News 18  

Caster Semenya’s first appearance in a world championships in five years on Wednesday saw the controversy-mired South African fail to qualify for the women’s 5000m finals. In roasting mid-afternoon temperatures, Semenya finished 13th in the first of two rounds at Hayward Field, Eugene, in 15:46.12, more than 45sec off the 15th and final qualifying place. World Athletics bars women athletes …

Semenya finishes 13th, doesn’t advance in 5,000 at worlds
2 years, 5 months ago

Semenya finishes 13th, doesn’t advance in 5,000 at worlds

Associated Press  

EUGENE, Ore. — In one way, this race was like so many in the past for Caster Semenya. But it is a part of the game.” Semenya lost an appeal of a World Athletics regulation that made women with certain intersex condition ineligible in races between 400 meters and a mile. World Athletics President Sebastian Coe, who has hinted that …

Caster Semenya is back, so is her sport’s thorniest problem
2 years, 5 months ago

Caster Semenya is back, so is her sport’s thorniest problem

Associated Press  

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Champion runner Caster Semenya heads into this year’s world championships with virtually no chance to win. World Athletics President Sebastian Coe quickly showed his support for swimming’s move and said track’s governing body would review its rules by the end of the year, likely with a view to making them stricter. “As if there’s not …

Caster Semenya is back, so is her sport's thorniest problem
2 years, 5 months ago

Caster Semenya is back, so is her sport's thorniest problem

The Independent  

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Semenya included in 5,000m entry list for world championships
2 years, 5 months ago

Semenya included in 5,000m entry list for world championships

The Hindu  

South Africa’s Olympic champion Caster Semenya has been included on the entry list for the 5,000m event at next week’s World Championships in Oregon. “There were several withdrawals from other athletes around the world which opened the opportunity and World Athletics made it possible that she be entered,” a spokesperson for Athletics South Africa told Reuters in an email on …

In big surprise, Semenya listed to run at worlds in Eugene
2 years, 5 months ago

In big surprise, Semenya listed to run at worlds in Eugene

Associated Press  

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Caster Semenya is listed to compete at next week’s world championships in Eugene, Oregon, potentially setting up a surprise return to the big stage for the two-time Olympic champion who is still banned from her favorite race, and still at the heart of one of sport’s most contentious issues. Semenya was listed on Friday for …

Semenya says she offered to show track officials her body
2 years, 7 months ago

Semenya says she offered to show track officials her body

Associated Press  

Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya said she offered to show her vagina to athletics officials when she was just 18 years old to prove she was a female. In an interview with HBO Real Sports, she also accused track and field’s world governing body of making her take medication if she wanted to compete that “tortured” her and left her …

The History of Gender Testing in Women's Athletics
3 years, 2 months ago

The History of Gender Testing in Women's Athletics

The Quint  

It all started off in 2009 for Semenya after she won 800m title in the World Championships in Berlin as her rapid improvements seemed odd according to the IAAF, who asked her to undergo the gender test. The IAAF says it was "obliged to investigate" after she made improvements of 25 seconds at 1500 m and eight seconds at 800 …

Semenya misses Tokyo, may be forced out of Olympics for good
3 years, 5 months ago

Semenya misses Tokyo, may be forced out of Olympics for good

Associated Press  

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — This could be it for Caster Semenya and the Olympics. Forced out of her favorite race by World Athletics’ testosterone rules, the two-time Olympic champion in the 800 meters took a late shot at qualifying for Tokyo in the 5,000 meters, an event not affected by the hormone regulations. The rules demand that Semenya lower …

Caster Semenya vows to fight on after failing to qualify for Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 5 months ago

Caster Semenya vows to fight on after failing to qualify for Tokyo Olympics

The Hindu  

Caster Semenya vowed to continue her fight against the ban that prevents her from competing in her preferred 800m event after she failed in a bid to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics at alternative distances. But Semenya, who refuses to take any medication to alter her testosterone levels, will continue to battle against the ruling despite losing several appeals over …

Semenya’s Tokyo bid ends as qualifying deadline passes
3 years, 5 months ago

Semenya’s Tokyo bid ends as qualifying deadline passes

CNN  

CNN — Caster Semenya again failed to achieve the Olympic qualifying time for the women’s 5000m when she finished fourth at a meeting in Liege on Wednesday, but she would not have been included in South Africa’s team for the Tokyo Games even if she had. Athletics South Africa said Semenya had missed the deadline for Olympic entries, which was …

Semenya in last ditch bid to qualify for Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 5 months ago

Semenya in last ditch bid to qualify for Tokyo Olympics

The Hindu  

Caster Semenya will make a last-ditch attempt to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics when she races over 5000m at a meeting in Belgium this week. The 30-year-old South African is banned from competing in any race from 400m to a mile after the sport's governing body World Athletics ruled in 2018 that to ensure fair competition, women with high natural …

Semenya fails in second attempt to qualify for Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 6 months ago

Semenya fails in second attempt to qualify for Tokyo Olympics

The Hindu  

Star South African athlete Caster Semenya failed again on Friday in Durban to qualify for the 5,000 metres at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Semenya won a race arranged so that the 30-year-old could attempt to book a place in the South African Olympic team. Semenya has been the Olympic champion twice and world champion three times over 800m, but is …

Semenya bids for 5000m slot at Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 6 months ago

Semenya bids for 5000m slot at Tokyo Olympics

Hindustan Times  

Caster Semenya, denied an opportunity to win a third successive Olympic 800 metres gold, will on Friday attempt to qualify for the Tokyo Games over 5000m. The 30-year-old South African is banned from competing in any race from 400m to a mile after World Athletics ruled in 2018 that in order to ensure fair competition women with high natural testosterone …

Semenya taking case to European Court of Human Rights
3 years, 10 months ago

Semenya taking case to European Court of Human Rights

Associated Press  

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Caster Semenya is going to the European Court of Human Rights to challenge “discriminatory” rules that prohibit her from competing in certain track events because of her high natural testosterone, her lawyers said Thursday. The South African’s lawyers said there’s been a “violation of her rights” and wants the human rights court to examine the …

Semenya takes testosterone limit case to human rights court
3 years, 10 months ago

Semenya takes testosterone limit case to human rights court

Al Jazeera  

South Africa’s two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya has filed a lawsuit in the European Court of Human Rights that challenges restrictions of testosterone in female athletes. “Semenya’s ongoing fight for dignity, equality, and the human rights of women in sport took a crucial step forward with the filing of an application” to the ECHR, her lawyers Norton Rose Fulbright, announced …

Year in Review 2020, Biggest Sports Stories: Caster Semenya loses landmark case against World Athletics
3 years, 11 months ago

Year in Review 2020, Biggest Sports Stories: Caster Semenya loses landmark case against World Athletics

Firstpost  

Semenya lost her landmark case at the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland against CAS’ upholding of World Athletics’ new set of rules restricting the testosterone levels in female athletes. One of the most defining moments in the world of athletics in recent years took place in September earlier this year when South African middle-distance runner Caster Semenya lost a landmark …

Lawyer: Caster Semenya to go to European Court of Human Rights
4 years, 1 month ago

Lawyer: Caster Semenya to go to European Court of Human Rights

News 18  

Caster Semenya’s lawyer said Tuesday they will take her case to the European Court of Human Rights in what’s likely to be a last-ditch legal challenge against regulations that require the South African and some other female athletes to artificially lower their natural testosterone levels to compete. Semenya, the two-time Olympic champion in the 800 meters, has twice lost legal …

Semenya to take fight to European Court of Human Rights - athletics news - sportstar
4 years, 1 month ago

Semenya to take fight to European Court of Human Rights - athletics news - sportstar

The Hindu  

South African double Olympic 800-metre champion Caster Semenya is to take her fight with World Athletics to the European Court of Human Rights, her lawyers confirmed on Tuesday. Semenya is one of a number of female athletes with differences in sexual development competing in races ranging from 400 metres to a mile, who World Athletics insists must reduce their naturally …

Caster Semenya to Take Fight to European Court of Human Rights
4 years, 1 month ago

Caster Semenya to Take Fight to European Court of Human Rights

News 18  

South African double Olympic 800-metre champion Caster Semenya is to take her fight with World Athletics to the European Court of Human Rights, her lawyers confirmed on Tuesday. Semenya is one of a number of female athletes with differences in sexual development competing in races ranging from 400 metres to a mile, who World Athletics insist must reduce their naturally …

Caster Semenya loses appeal against World Athletics testosterone restrictions in blow to Tokyo 2020 hopes
4 years, 3 months ago

Caster Semenya loses appeal against World Athletics testosterone restrictions in blow to Tokyo 2020 hopes

The Independent  

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Caster Semenya loses testosterone appeal at Swiss supreme court
4 years, 3 months ago

Caster Semenya loses testosterone appeal at Swiss supreme court

ABC  

Two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya has lost her long legal battle against track-and-field rules that limit female runners' naturally high testosterone levels. Key points: Caster Semenya will not be able to defend her 800m Olympic title in Tokyo after the ruling The Swiss Supreme Court said the discrimination against Semenya was "necessary" to maintain fairness in women's athletics Semenya said …

Caster Semenya loses appeal in Swiss court over restriction of testosterone levels
4 years, 3 months ago

Caster Semenya loses appeal in Swiss court over restriction of testosterone levels

CNN  

CNN — Two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya has lost an appeal against the restriction of testosterone in female athletes, it was announced Tuesday. Switzerland’s Federal Supreme Court dismissed Semenya’s appeal, upholding the ruling made by the Court of Arbitration for Sport last year regarding female runners, like Semenya, with differences of sexual development. I know what is right and will …

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