The double Olympic champion is at a crossroads: either she submits to the regulations or looks to compete in longer distances
Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya will run her last 800m on Friday before the International Association of Athletics Federations imposes hugely controversial new rules limiting testosterone in female athletes.
IAAF president Sebastian Coe, speaking in Doha on Thursday, said he was grateful to CAS for the verdict."Athletics has two classifications — it has age and it has gender. We are fiercely protective of both. We are really grateful that CAS has upheld that principle." Under the rules to take effect on May 8, female athletes with high natural levels of testosterone wishing to compete in events from 400m to a mile must medically limit that level to under 5nmol/Testosterone increases muscle mass, strength and haemoglobin, which affects endurance. Some competitors have said women with higher levels of the hormone have an unfair advantage.
This potential lifeline means Semenya may not abandon the 800m yet, though any advance to the Swiss Federal Tribunal could take months to reach a verdict and leave her career in limbo.
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