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Intersex runner Annet Negesa fighting for everyone's right to compete in sport

Annet Negesa was one of the speakers at the Sydney WorldPride Human Rights Conference. (ABC Sport: Amanda Shalala)

Ugandan middle-distance runner Annet Negesa carried a heavy load in her heart for many years as she struggled with the aftermath of a surgery she felt forced into.

After being told World Athletics (previously IAAF) considered her testosterone levels too high, she was advised to have surgery – a gonadectomy to remove her internal testes.

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