IOC says Semenya鈥檚 gender case is 鈥榙elicate鈥
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International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach yesterday called the controversial gender case of South African runner Caster Semenya 鈥渆xtremely complicated and delicate.鈥
Two-time Olympic champion Semenya last week lost a court challenge against the International Association of Athletic Federations over plans to force some women to regulate their testosterone levels.
The decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport means female athletes with elevated testosterone will have to take suppressive treatment if they wish to compete as women in certain events.
The IAAF argued that 鈥渉yperandrogenic鈥 athletes 鈥 or those with 鈥渄ifferences of sexual development鈥 鈥 had an unfair advantage over others. Bach said the IOC would create a group of 鈥渆xperts from science, from ethics as well as athletes鈥 representatives and from international federations鈥 to examine the ruling.
It will include IOC medical director Richard Budgett and they will 鈥渟tudy this extremely complicated and delicate problem.鈥
鈥淭his is a case that should be taken up with the international federations, it鈥檚 their rules, their technical regulations,鈥 he said.
The World Medical Association urged doctors not to enforce the rules for classifying female athletes, saying it breaches ethics codes.
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