Commentary: Caster Semenya has a competitive advantage. That's OK
by Ruth Wood, Los Angeles Times
May 06, 2019
3 minutes
The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Wednesday turned down an appeal from South African track star Caster Semenya. The decision upholds a new rule that to compete in women's races, runners must have "normal range" levels of testosterone - in other words, lower than Semenya's. This only confirms suspicions that, rather than protecting fair competition, the new rule unfairly targets Semenya.
The International Association of Athletics Federations, the governing body for track and field competition, has had Semenya in its sights since she won
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