South African two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya says athletics’ world governing body “used” her as “a human guinea pig,” after the IAAF insisted the 800m runner either take medication to control her testosterone or compete over a different distance.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport determined the new rules for athletes with differences of sexual development were discriminatory, but concluded the discrimination was “neccessary, reasonable and proportionate” to protect “the integrity of female athletics.”
Semenya says the drugs have "unknown health consequences" and has launched an appeal against the decision in Switzerland’s Federal Supreme Court.