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Olympic champion Caster Semenya wins EU appeal against Swiss ruling over 'rights infringement'

South Africa's Caster Semenya reacts after finishing the women's 5000m final of the 22nd African Athletics Championships 2022. AFP - FABIEN DUBESSAY

South African Olympic champion Caster Semenya has won her appeal at the European Court of Human Rights, which challenged whether her rights had been infringed in terms of requiring women with high testosterone to reduce those levels through drugs.

Double Olympic 800m gold-medalist Semenya, who is classed as having "differences in sexual development", has refused to take testosterone-lowering medication as mandated by the sport's international federation, World Athletics.

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