As the leading court for sporting decisions tells Caster Semenya she must take suppressants in order to compete, writer Paula Akpan looks at how the ruling has brought misogynoir and transmisogyny ...

However, no one could deny the veracity of each of these theories. Caster Semenya was the first South African female athlete to win Olympic gold in a track event by winning the 800m in Rio 2016.

FILE - South Africa's Caster Semenya celebrates after winning the woman's 800m final at Carrara Stadium during the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia, April 13, 2018. (AP Photo ...

South African 800 meters Olympic champion Caster Semenya (C) and her lawyer Gregory Nott (R) arrive for a landmark hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne on February 18 ...

The unheard personal story of a great athlete and the controversial matter of her sex ...

like Caster Semenya, under the same set of rules as transgender athletes who were born male and transitioned to female. World Athletics, which in 2023 banned transgender athletes who had ...

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Caster Semenya future in doubt as she flops in 5000m after being banned from favourite events ...