Dr Nana Adom-Aboagye from the Centre for Sport Leadership at Maties Sport (Stellenbosch University) researches African women and gender equity in sport. We asked her what issues the tests raise for African athletes
The 28 year-old has been embroiled in a bitter legal battle with the IAAF over rules that force female athletes to regulate their testosterone levels
Semenya’s fight tells us much about how the world sees black women, especially as they compete for gold.
The Olympic gold medallist will appeal the ruling which is set to bar her from participating without artificially reducing her testosterone levels
The next chapter in the prolonged battle to secure the professional future of Caster Semenya is about to be written
The rejection of her appeal flirts with scientific facts, leaving room for ambiguity
IAAF to rule whether naturally occurring higher testosterone of Olympic champion is legal
We take a look at some of the experts who will be called up in Caster Semenya’s case at the Court of Arbitration for Sport
Earlier on Monday, the IAAF published on its website the names of those who it hopes will justify the need for the new rules in female competition
Semenya is fighting regulations that would require her to lower her testosterone levels artificially
The tennis great has come to the defence of champion Caster Semenya ahead of next week’s landmark hearing
If Semenya’s appeal is dismissed, she would be ineligible for the entire circuit of top-tier Diamond League meetings, which run from May to September
‘Her body, seen as an anomaly, is no longer hers. It “belongs” to sports bodies, media houses and quick-on-the-draw armchair pundits … ‘
The athlete is just days away from competing in the Rio Olympic Games’ 800m event and the controversy surrounding her continues to rumble.
A doyenne of South African athletics is caught up in a David and
Goliath battle over the ASA’s 2009 Caster Semenya debacle.
Sport is not a level playing field. If some athletes have "better" hormones, then surely that’s the same as having better genes, asks Sam Murphy.
Caster Semenya should still be able to compete at the African Athletics Championships in Nairobi despite failing a fitness test on Wednesday.
Caster Semenya should be allowed to compete immediately in female events, her lawyers said on Wednesday.
Caster Semenya, the world 800m champion, on Wednesday claimed she would return to competition this season and accused the IAAF of damaging her career.
War will be declared if the IAAF excludes South African gold medallist Caster Semenya because she is a hermaphrodite.