Caster Semenya

Caster Semenya wins court appeal challenging testosterone regulations for female athletes

World Athletics is going to urge the Swiss government to challenge the decision Olympic champion Caster Semenya was discriminated against by rules forcing her to lower her testosterone levels in order to compete, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found. The South African, who had won two Olympics gold medals in the 800m […]

2 years ago

Gold medallist Caster Semenya once offered to show officials her vagina to prove she’s female

‘They thought I had a dick,’ Semenya says in new HBO documentary Gold medallist Caster Semenya has revealed that she once offered to show sporting officials her vagina in order to prove she was female after blitzing the competition. The 31-year-old won a gold medal in the women’s 800-metre World Championships in 2009, as an […]

4 years ago