Being fair to Caster Semenya and athletes with a difference

Sports law chatter this week has been dominated by the decision of the IAAF — the world governing body of athletics — to release its regulations on Athletes with Differences of Sexual Development, writes Jack Anderson.

The regulations concern the eligibility of intersex athletes to compete in “restricted track and field events for female athletes”, including a spectrum of events ranging from the 400m to the mile.

The regulations will require that affected athletes, notably world and Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya, must reduce their blood testosterone level in order to compete in the stated events.