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William Mata

Who is Caster Semenya? Olympic champion wins appeal against testosterone rules

Rules that would have forced Caster Semenya to artificially lower her testosterone levels to compete against other women have been ruled discriminatory to the twice Olympic champion.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found in favour of the South African runner’s appeal on Tuesday, which is the latest twist in a long-running and very public personal saga that included an earlier unsuccessfully appeal to the federal supreme court of Switzerland.

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