Caster Semenya's legal team accused the IAAF of breaking an agreement ahead of the Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing that will determine if the double Olympic champion has to take medication to continue competing
The South African, 28, is in Lausanne to challenge the IAAF's introduction of revised eligibility rules that set a limit on testosterone levels in athletes with disorders of sexual development
The case will be heard until Friday.Semenya's lawyers reacted angrily to an IAAF press release that detailed its case and listed five experts it has called for the hearing, saying: 'This information should not have been released
' Share this article Share An IAAF spokesperson replied: 'The IAAF does not believe the list of witnesses it will be calling is confidential, just their evidence at CAS
'The IAAF said it was acting because it wants to 'empower girls and women' by maintaining a level playing field
' The female category in sport is a protected category,' it said.'For it to serve its purposes, which include providing females opportunities equal to males, it must have eligibility standards that ensure athletes who identify as female but have testes, and testosterone levels in the male range, at least drop their testosterone levels into the female range in order to compete at the elite level in the female classification
'This standard is necessary to ensure fair competition for all women. Indeed, without it, we risk losing the next generation of female athletes, since they will see no path to success in our sport
' How Semenya has been dogged by questions about her gender Two-time Olympic 800-meter champion Caster Semenya has been dogged by questions about her gender since shooting to fame in 2009
The South African, then aged just 18, stormed to World Championship victory in the 800 metres in Berlin but was then forced to undergo humiliating gender tests after exhibiting high levels of testosterone
Semenya has identified as a woman her entire life and her lawyer recently reiterated that the runner is 'unquestionably a woman'
The results of the tests were never officially made public, but it has been widely reported that the 28-year-old has an 'intersex' condition of hyperandrogenism giving her testosterone levels that are three times those usually found in women and approaching those of a man
It has also been widely reported that she was born with no womb or ovaries and instead, due to a chromosomal abnormality, internal testes
Semenya has not addressed those claims directly.She spent 11 months on the athletics sidelines while she had tests but was cleared to compete in 2010
By this time the International Association of Athletics Federations had set a testosterone threshold
It meant Semenya could run again if she took medicine to suppress her testosterone levels
The ruling was then challenged by Indian runner Dutee Chand, who also has hyperandrogenism
In 2015, the Court of Arbitration for Sport suspended the rules for two years, meaning Semenya could come off the medication
With testosterone considered a key ingredient contributing to an athlete's strength and speed, some have suggested Semenya has an unfair advantage over rivals
Critics say the way she has been treated has shamed the sport, and harks back to 1966 when female competitors at the European Athletics Championship were subjected to a 'nude parade' past three gynaecologists
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