FILE PHOTO: South African athlete Caster Semenya, who is fighting an IAAF regulation that would require her to take testosterone-lowering medication to defend her 800-metre title at the World Championships in September, speaks at a women's conference in Johannesburg, South Africa August 14 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South African double Olympic 800-metre champion Caster Semenya is to take her fight with World Athletics to the European Court of Human Rights, her lawyers confirmed on Tuesday.
Semenya is one of a number of female athletes with differences in sexual development (DSDs) competing in races ranging from 400 metres to a mile, who World Athletics insist must reduce their naturally high levels of testosterone in order to run.
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