In this file photo taken on June 12, 2019 South African Caster Semenya reacts after winning in the women’s 2000m race during the France’s LNA Pro Athle Tour meeting at the Jean-Delbert stadium in Montreuil, a Paris neighbouring suburb. The Swiss supreme court on September 8, 2020 confirmed a ruling that South Africa’s double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya cannot compete until she accepts to be treated with hormone-suppressing drugs.
“The Court of Arbitration for Sport had the right to uphold the conditions of participation issued for female athletes with the genetic variant ’46 XY DSD’ in order to guarantee fair competition for certain running disciplines in female athletics,” the Swiss court said. She was subsequently put on medication to reduce her testosterone levels, spending six months sidelined by World Athletics.
“I am very disappointed by this ruling, but refuse to let World Athletics drug me or stop me from being who I am,” she said.
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