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World Athletics will require female athletes to pass a one-time gene test for the SRY gene to compete in female categories, aiming to ensure fairness and address biological advantages, with regulations starting September 1, in time for the Tokyo World Championships.
Caster Semenya, a South African runner and Olympic gold medalist, celebrated a European court ruling that recognized her case as requiring rigorous judicial review, highlighting her fight against policies requiring her to lower testosterone levels to compete in women's sports. The court's decision, which does not change current rules but orders a review, marks a partial victory and underscores ongoing debates about gender, fairness, and human rights in athletics.
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Caster Semenya's rights to a fair hearing were violated in her legal battle over track and field's sex eligibility rules, sending her case back to Swiss courts. While she achieved a partial victory, the court upheld the rules that have effectively ended her career in 800m racing, citing issues with judicial review and jurisdiction. Semenya's case highlights ongoing debates about fairness and gender in sports.
Olympic champion Caster Semenya has won a significant legal victory in the European Court of Human Rights, which ruled that she was discriminated against by sports rules that require her to lower her natural hormone levels to compete. However, the ruling does not immediately result in the rules being dropped, and the case may still go back to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. World Athletics, the governing body, has stated that the rules will remain in place and will encourage the Swiss government to appeal the ruling. Semenya, who has been barred from her favorite 800-meter race since 2019, has 13 months until the Paris Olympics.
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favor of Olympic runner Caster Semenya, stating that she should be given a new opportunity to challenge the requirement for female athletes with high natural testosterone levels to take medication to lower it. The court found that Semenya's original appeal against World Athletics regulations had not been properly heard and that she had not been afforded sufficient institutional and procedural safeguards in Switzerland. While Semenya may now be able to challenge the rules again, the case may still be referred to the Grand Chamber of the Court for further examination. World Athletics stands by its rules and will encourage the Swiss Government to seek a review of the judgment. Semenya, who has a medical condition known as hyperandrogenism, has been fighting against the regulations since 2019.
Caster Semenya, the South African Olympic champion runner, has won her appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) against the "discriminatory" testosterone limits imposed on female athletes by World Athletics. The ECHR ruled that the regulations violated the prohibition of discrimination and the right to respect for private life. Semenya, who has naturally high levels of testosterone, would have been required to take medication to reduce her hormone levels in order to compete internationally. She was unable to defend her 800m crown in the Tokyo Olympics due to the rules. World Athletics plans to seek referral of the case to the ECHR Grand Chamber, while the current regulations remain in place.
Olympic champion Caster Semenya has won an appeal against track and field's testosterone rules at the European Court of Human Rights, which ruled that she had been discriminated against. The ruling may lead to a re-examination of the regulations that require Semenya and other female athletes to artificially lower their naturally high testosterone levels in order to compete at top events. It remains unclear if the ruling will result in an immediate rollback of the rules and if Semenya will be allowed to compete at the Paris Olympics next year.
The European Court of Human Rights is expected to deliver a ruling on Tuesday in Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya's appeal against rules that require her and other female athletes to lower their natural hormone levels through medical intervention in order to compete in women's track and field races. Semenya argues that the regulations enforced by World Athletics are discriminatory and violate her right to freely compete in women's sports. This ruling is seen as her last legal avenue to overturning the rules, which have effectively barred her from running in her favored 800 meters event since 2019.
The World Athletics Council will bar transgender women athletes from elite competitions for women, citing the need to prioritize "fairness and the integrity" of the female competition over inclusion. The council's policy will be in effect starting March 31 and will also tighten rules for athletes with disorders of sexual development. The council plans to form a working group to consider the issue of transgender inclusion over the next year. The ban is part of a growing resistance against transgender women and girls in female sports.
The World Athletics Council has banned transgender athletes from international competition and adopted new regulations that could keep athletes with differences in sex development, such as Caster Semenya, from competing. Athletes with differences in sex development will have to undergo hormone-suppressing treatment for six months before competing to be eligible. The new regulations could impact up to 13 current high-level runners. The decision is expected to stoke outrage among advocates who want people assigned female at birth to be able to compete on even footing and others who don’t want to discriminate against transgender and DSD athletes.
World Athletics has banned transgender women from competing in female track and field events, regardless of their testosterone levels. The decision was made after consulting with stakeholders, including trans groups, and prioritizing fairness and the integrity of the female competition. The council also tightened restrictions on athletes with Differences in Sex Development (DSD), requiring them to reduce their blood testosterone levels to below 2.5 nanomoles per litre for two years to compete in the female category. This will make it difficult for athletes like Caster Semenya to compete.