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Caster Semenya expected to compete in World Championships in surprise move
•Semenya was listed on Friday for the women's 5,000 meters, an event she has turned to after being barred from her preferred 800 meters by regulations affecting women with conditions that cause high natural testosterone.
Explained: Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas’s success revives biology debate in sport
G Rajaraman •Why does sport need athlete inclusion procedures? What is the history and how has it evolved? What is the IOC’s policy? All questions answered.
Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya working on book about life, to be titled 'Silence All The Noise'
•“Silence All the Noise," which does not yet have a release date, was acquired by WW Norton & Company. The publisher also plans a young readers edition.
DSD athlete Beatrice Masilingi finishes first in 100m semi-final at World U20 Championships
•Masilingi, 18, is blocked from running distances between 400m and one mile as under World Athletics she has a rare physiology giving her an unfair competitive advantage.
Caster Semenya fails to reach Olympics qualifying time for 5,000m as deadline passes
•Semenya finished in fourth place at a meet in Belgium with a time of 15 minutes, 50.12 seconds, meeting organizers said, falling short of her target of 15:10.00.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Caster Semenya fails in second attempt to qualify for Games
•Tokyo Olympics 2020: Caster Semenya fails in second attempt to qualify for Games
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Caster Semenya boosts hope of 5,000m qualification after recording personal best in South African nationals
•The two-time Olympic champion won the 5,000 in 15 minutes, 52.28 seconds at Tuks Athletics Stadium at the University of Pretoria.
Caster Semenya files lawsuit in European Court of Human Rights against testosterone rule
•Semenya hopes her latest bid will see the European court "put an end to the longstanding human rights violations by World Athletics against women athletes".
Year in Review 2020, Biggest Sports Stories: Caster Semenya loses landmark case against World Athletics
Fpsports •Semenya lost her landmark case at the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland against CAS' upholding of World Athletics' new set of rules restricting the testosterone levels in female athletes.
South African athlete Caster Semenya to take battle against World Athletics to European Court of Human Rights
•The legal action comes two years since the World Athletics governing body in 2018 banned Semenya and others with differences of sexual development (DSD) from races between 400 metres and a mile unless they take testosterone-reducing drugs.