Caster Semenya labels Olympic sex verification tests ‘a disrespect for women’

Semenya criticises IOC president Kirsty Coventry‘Her being a woman coming from Africa … it causes harm’Caster Semenya, the South African two‑time Olympic 800m champion, said on Sunday that the reinstatement by the International Olympic Committee of sex verification tests for the 2028 Los Angeles Games was “a disrespect for women”.The hyperandrogenic former athlete also expressed disappointment that the measure was taken under the leadership of the new IOC president, Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe. Continue reading...


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