The New IAAF Regulations Put Caster Semenya At A Disadvantage

The New IAAF Regulations Put Caster Semenya At A Disadvantage. The IAAF has issued new Eligibility Regulations for Female Classification (Athlete with Differences of Sexual Development) greatly impacting South Africa’s Caster Semenya

The new Regulations require any athlete who has a Difference of Sexual Development that means her levels of circulating testosterone (in serum) are five (5) nmol/L or above and who is androgen-sensitive to meet the following criteria to be eligible to compete in Restricted Events in an International Competition (or set a World Record in a Restricted Event at competition that is not an International Competition):

(a) she must be recognized at law either as female or as intersex (or equivalent);

(b) she must reduce her blood testosterone level to below five (5) nmol/L for a continuous period of at least six months (e.g., by use of hormonal contraceptives); and

(c) thereafter she must maintain her blood testosterone level below five (5) nmol/L continuously (ie: whether she is in competition or out of competition) for so long as she wishes to remain eligible.

This is how celebrities and the nation at large related to this new policy.

Portia Gumede

#CasterSemenya
"You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirty But still, like dust, I'll rise." pic.twitter.com/O9DREPnTOr

— Portia Gumede (@portiagumedesa) April 26, 2018

Kgomotso Christopher

https://twitter.com/kgchristopher/status/989437639211343872

Ulrich Janse van Vuuren

Why is it that whenever powerful women, particularly powerful African women, are excelling and rising above the rest there are always things like IAAF trying to put a stop. It's an outright violation! #IAAF #CasterSemenya

— Ulrich Janse van Vuuren (@UlrichJvV) April 26, 2018

Pallance Dladla

https://twitter.com/PallanceD/status/989438309096218624