. Sports minister Tokozile Xasa has denounced the IAAF’s actions “as tantamount to modernizing barbarism” and she said it wasn’t a coincidence that the rule targeted Semenya’s events. “The regulations were designed to exclude her,” Xasa said.
It took the case of Maria Jose Martinez-Patino, an AIS hurdler from Spain, to end the sex test. Patino was tearing up the track in the 1980s and she passed the test in 1983 with an XX showing. But when she arrived at the 1985 World University Games in Japan, she’d forgotten her certificate of femininity and had to take the test again. This time it showed XY. Patino was immediately barred from competing and lost her athletic scholarship.
A year later, the IAAF announced a new policy. From now on the determining factor in female testing would be testosterone and the IAAF set the bar at 10 nanomoles a litre. The organization argued the level was reasonable since the typical female range for testosterone is between 0.12 to 1.79 nmol/L while for men it’s 7.7 to 29.4 nmol/L. The consequences for Semenya were profound. While it’s not clear what steps she was forced to take by the IAAF, her times dipped noticeably.
Chand was reinstated and qualified for the 2016 Olympics, while Semenya re-emerged as a powerhouse. But the IAAF came back, releasing its study on testosterone in 2017 and announcing a new rule in 2018 that dropped the allowable testosterone level to 5 namol/L. Now it was Semenya’s turn to appeal and she asked Bunting and Sayao for help. Last month the CAS held a week-long hearing on the case behind closed doors in Lausane, Switzerland.
Globe_Sports My understanding is that Semenya is a biological female who happens to have naturally high levels of some male hormones. In that case, she's not doing anything wrong. But the issue of 'transgender' people in sports is a different one.
Globe_Sports why is it such a need to compete in the women's division? why not just compete in the men's? why force the world to accept your difference when you can't even accept yours?
Globe_Sports Should be in special olympics
Globe_Sports You can do it big guy!
Globe_Sports Should be a rallying cry for womens sport, why do they have to compete against a man?
Globe_Sports Totally ridiculous!! I hope all female atheletes stop participating in this gender farce. Trans ‘males’ will win any competition. Unfair!!
Globe_Sports Why is this a human right? What about the human rights of female-born athletes! FairPlay is always a major feature of sports competition. These turds know that however female they “feel”, they are built like men and should compete amongst themselves. They have no shame.
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