Caster Semenya to Temporarily Be Allowed to Run Without Medication
Caster Semenya was been granted the right to temporarily run in races of all distances until June 25 without being forced to take medication.
The South African runner has filed an appeal against the International Association of Athletics Federation which has required her to take drugs to lower her testosterone levels in order to compete.
Semenya is a black, cisgender, lesbian Olympic gold medallist and the ruling against her has caused an enormous amount of controversy.
“I am a woman and I am a world-class athlete. The IAAF will not drug me or stop me from being who I am,” she said, thanking “those around the world who continue to support her efforts to secure her right to run free.”
The Swiss court, in a statement to BBC Sport, said it had “super-provisionally instructed the IAAF to suspend the application of the ‘Eligibility Regulations for the Female Classification for athletes with differences of sex development’ with respect to the claimant, until the decision on the request for issuance of provisional measures.”
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