Ruling expected Tuesday in runner Caster Semenya's human rights appeal against sex eligibility rules
The European Court of Human Rights is expected to deliver what could be the final judgment on Tuesday in Olympic champion runner Caster Semenyaโs yearslong legal challenge against track and field's contentious sex eligibility rules.
Semenya finishes 13th, doesn't advance in 5,000 at worlds
Caster Semenya finished 13th in the womenโs 5,000 meters Wednesday at the world championships, an expected result for the South African who has been banned from her best event because of rules that demand she take hormone-reducing drugs to enter certain races.
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The complex testosterone regulations in track and field have become an issue again at the Olympics after Namibian teenager Christine Mboma surprisingly won a silver medal in the 200 meters after being banned from running in the 400 because of her high natural hormone levels.
Semenya taking case to European Court of Human Rights
The South African's lawyers said there's been a โviolation of her rightsโ and wants the human rights court to examine the rules. That second case will be central to her appeal to the European Court of Human Rights. AdโI hope the European court will put an end to the longstanding human rights violations by World Athletics against women athletes," Semenya said in a statement. It's unclear if the human rights court would be able to hear Semenya's case before the delayed Tokyo Olympics, which might be Semenya's last. Previous sports cases that have gone to the European Court of Human Rights have taken years to be decided.