Court Rules Caster Semenya Must Take Meds to Lower Testosterone Levels to Compete

[Peter1469]

Court Rules Caster Semenya Must Take Meds to Lower Testosterone Levels to Compete

Hopefully this will catch on.

Caster Semenya, the South African runner who plans to compete in the Tokyo Olympics next year, must take medication to reduce her testosterone levels in order to compete, a court has ruled.

On Wednesday, the Lausanne, Switzerland-based Court of Arbitration for Sport, which is the highest court in international sports, upheld a controversial 2018 ruling by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), which requires female athletes to take hormonal contraception to maintain testosterone levels within organization guidelines in order to be able to compete among female athletes at official events. Because the IAAF ruling is only applicable to athletes who run between 400 meters and a mile, it has been criticized by some sports journalists as unfairly targeted at Semenya, who has faced questions about her biological makeup throughout her career.

[Lummy]

Absurd doesn't need to catch on, it is already a global epidemic.

[Dr. Who]

This is an interesting case. This woman who was born female, produces an excess of testosterone. IMO she even looks rather masculine and I wouldn't be surprised if it was discovered that she is actually a hermaphrodite with really underdeveloped testes within her abdomen that are producing testosterone.

[Peter1469]

Absurd doesn't need to catch on, it is already a global epidemic.

We have boys dominating female sports in the US. That is why this case is relevant.

[alexa]

We have boys dominating female sports in the US. That is why this case is relevant.

The testosterone in her body is naturally occurring.

That's why it's absurd.

It's akin to making Shaquille O'Neil play on his knees because he's tall.

[Peter1469]

The testosterone in her body is naturally occurring.

That's why it's absurd.

It's akin to making Shaquille O'Neil play on his knees because he's tall.

She probably isn't a she....