Caster Semenya has won her legal battle against World Athletics in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The case revolves around the 2018 regulation requiring female athletes born with differences in sex development to undergo treatments to reduce their testosterone levels.
Semenya, 32, brought her case to the ECHR after losing two Swiss court cases, arguing that the Swiss government had failed to protect her from discrimination when the Swiss Supreme Court refused to overturn a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which allowed World Athletics to continue enforcing the controversial regulation.
Semenya has consistently maintained that she should be allowed to compete despite her naturally higher testosterone levels. She also warned that the treatments prescribed by World Athletics could harm her health and deny her the right to fully utilize her natural abilities.
These regulations prevented Caster Semenya from defending her Olympic title in the 800 meters at the Tokyo Games.
