The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) now wants to make the female races more fair by getting athletes with hyperandrogenism to take medication to lower their male hormone level, six months before they go on to the competition.
According to IAAF due to the high level of testosterone in some female athletes that are said to give them an undue performance advantage.
However the South African runner, Caster Semenya through her lawyers, is challenging the move saying that would be discriminatory and that the world and Olympic champion’s genetic condition should instead be celebrated.
Semenya has dominated the 800m event for the past decade.
The IAAF further denied it will class any athlete with “differences of sexual development” (DSD) as male.
“Ms Semenya is unquestionably a woman,” said Semenya’s lawyers in a statement
“She is a heroine and an inspiration to many people around the world. Ms Semenya is fighting for her right to run without being required to undergo unnecessary medical intervention – she is fighting to run free.”