If the athlete wants to continue competing professionally in women’s track, she must reduce her testosterone levels
GENEVA — Caster Semenya lost her appeal Wednesday against rules designed to decrease naturally high testosterone levels in some female runners.
Semenya, a two-time Olympic champion in the 800 metres, will now be forced to medicate to suppress her testosterone levels if she wants to defend her world title in September in Doha, Qatar. The Monaco-based IAAF said in a statement it was grateful to the court and would apply the rules starting next Wednesday. That gives affected runners wishing to race at the Sept. 28-Oct. 6 world championships one week to begin medicating and submit to a blood test.
“The CAS Panel suggested that the IAAF consider deferring the application of the DSD Regulations to these events until more evidence is available,” the court said. A further appeal is possible to Switzerland’s supreme court in Lausanne. Federal judges rarely overturn CAS decisions but can intervene if legal process was abused.
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