Semenya to miss Doha World Championships after Swiss court reverses reprieve

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A Swiss judge overrules a temporary suspension on the IAAF’s controversial testosterone-curbing rules

Caster Semenya wins the women's 800m race at the Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar, May 3 2019. Picture: REUTERS/IBRAHEEM AL OMARI

“I am very disappointed to be kept from defending my hard-earned title, but this will not deter me from continuing my fight for the human rights of all of the female athletes concerned,” said the South African who is also a two-time Olympic gold medallist. Dorothee Schramm, the lawyer leading Semenya’s appeal, added that the judge had made a “procedural decision” that has no impact on the appeal itself.

 

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