The European Court of Human Rights found on Tuesday that Caster Semenya had been discriminated against, and she was successful in her appeal against the testosterone requirements for track and field competition.
In order to compete at prestigious competitions like the Olympics and world championships, Semenya and other female athletes are required under rules that sport's highest court must chemically lower naturally high testosterone levels.
By a majority of 4-3 among the judges, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled in favor of Caster Semenya.
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The court also ruled the South African runner was denied an “effective remedy” against that discrimination when the Court of Arbitration for Sport and Switzerland’s supreme court denied her two previous appeals against the rules.
