The UN Human Rights Council has condemned the IAAF's attempt to regulate the testosterone levels of female athletes, as nations unanimously backed ...
GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Council has condemned the IAAF's attempt to regulate the testosterone levels of female athletes, as nations unanimously backed the cause of South African runner Caster Semenya.
In a rare intrusion in the world of sport, the United Nations' top rights body has said that the International Association of Athletics Federations may be in breach of"international human rights norms and standards".
World athletics' governing body has argued the moves are necessary to create a"level playing field" for other female athletes.Double Olympic champion Semenya, who has dominated the women's 800 metres over the last decade, has filed a challenge against the IAAF at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Her testosterone levels are not publically known.
South Africa's ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Nozipho Joyce Mxakato-Diseko, told AFP that what the IAAF was attempting amounted to discrimination on gender and"racial grounds".Some scientific experts have argued that barring Semenya from competition due to naturally high testosterone levels would be like excluding basketball players because they are too tall.
Mxakato-Diseko compared it to excluding someone from a challenge that requires critical thinking because they had a high IQ.
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