Caster Semenya Q&A: the runner’s discrimination case explained
The IAAF insists rules are needed to protect female sport but her legal team says her genetic gift should be celebrated
It is a case described by the court of arbitration for sport as “one of the most pivotal” it has ever heard. And after months of legal wrangling and highly charged debate, Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya will finally find out on Wednesday whether she has won her discrimination case against athletics’ governing body, the IAAF.