In 2018, World Athletics insisted Semenya's natural testosterone levels were too high for her to compete as a woman. Now, that arbitrary measure could change.
to make). For Semenya to compete, she would need to take daily contraceptive pills, start hormone-blocking injections, or undergo surgery to decrease the amount of natural testosterone in her body.Semenya has lost four years of her peak athletic performance to a fight in which she’s had to prove she deserves the opportunity to compete in sports as herself.
“We remain of the view that the...regulations are a necessary, reasonable and proportionate means of protecting fair competition in the female category as the Court of Arbitration for Sport and Swiss Federal Tribunal both found,” World Athletics said.
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