Semenya mad over IAAF’s ‘big mouth’!

Caster Semenya

Caster Semenya has accused the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) of a breach of confidentiality regulations ahead of her appeal hearing in Switzerland that started yesterday where she is fighting for her athletics future.

The appeal is a monumental case that could change the face of athletics globally with wide-reaching consequences. It is being heard at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Semenya believes the IAAF breached confidentiality rules of the hearing after they released the names of five expert witnesses they will bring to the CAS to testify on their behalf. It is elieved that this is a move to influence public opinion in their favor.

The IAAF have named Dr Angelica Hirschberg, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, as a witness, along with David Handelsman, Professor of Reproductive Endocrinology and Andrology at the University of Sydney, and physicist Joanna Harper.

The other two witnesses will be Doriane Coleman, a Professor of Law at Duke Law School, and Richard Auchus, a former Professor of pharmacology at the University of Michigan.

“The arbitration proceedings are subject to strict confidentiality provisions and this information should not have been released‚“ Semenya’s lawyers said in a statement on yesterday.

“Ms Semenya believes the IAAF press release is a clear breach of the confidentiality provisions that was orchestrated in an effort to influence public opinion.” 

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