Caster Semenya vs IAAF: Believing that testosterone is a superhuman hormone is a masculinist myth
Gee Imaan Semmalar • 6 years agoWhile the CAS verdict is a huge setback for Caster Semenya — who appealed against the IAAF rules last year — this also sets back our discourse on sex/gender by at least a decade.
Caster Semenya vs IAAF: South African athlete's case reflects broader dilemmas facing sports world
• 6 years agoCaster Semenya's running career is unique in virtually all its details. Yet the dilemmas she has posed for the track-and-field establishment reflect how vast segments of the sports world are now wrestling with issues related to intersex and transgender athletes.
With the verdict against Caster Semenya, CAS has ushered us into world of performance-reducing drugs
• 6 years agoEveryone is supposed to be doing their best to rid sports of doping. Yet, in a baffling decision on Wednesday, South African star Caster Semenya was ordered to take drugs if she wants to keep running for championships. Talk about sending the wrong message.
Caster Semenya's fans express disappointment after CAS rejects South African's appeal against IAAF's DSD regulations
• 6 years agoSouth African fans of Caster Semenya expressed shock and disappointment after she lost a bid to challenge IAAF's DSD regulations.
Caster Semenya vs IAAF: CAS upholds 'discriminatory' DSD regulations to ensure 'level playing field' for female athletes
K P Mohan • 6 years agoThe CAS dismissed requests from Caster Semenya and the South African Athletics Federation for arbitration in the matter of the IAAF's new DSD regulations.
Battle of the sexes reboot
K P Mohan • 6 years agoOlympic champion Caster Semenya is now pushing the sports world to potentially dash through a challenging hurdles’ course peppered with issues of gender, hormones and performance.