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Double Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya responded on Tuesday to the Swiss Federal Supreme Court’s ruling that she cannot compete until she agrees to be treated with hormone suppressing drugs.
Caster Semenya, Olympic 800m gold medalist, at the Top Women Conference in Johannesburg on August 14, 2019. Image: Kayleen Morgan / EWN
JOHANNESBURG – Double Olympic 800 meter champion Caster Semenya said Tuesday that “a man can change the rules, but he cannot rule his life.”
Semenya responded to the decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court on Tuesday night.
The court dismissed his latest attempt to overturn last year’s Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS) ruling, which ordered him to take drugs to lower his natural high testosterone levels before he could compete in events between 400 meters and 1,500 meters.
The South African star athlete reacted on Twitter saying that while she was unable to overturn the ruling, the truth is that she won this battle a long time ago.
Shivers to my people, A man can change the rules but the same man cannot rule my life, What I say is that I could have failed against them the truth is that I won this battle a long time ago, Go back to my achievements, then you will understand. The doors can be closed, not locked.
– Caster Semenya (@ caster800m) September 8, 2020
The court ruled that subjecting the athletes to surgical or pharmacological interventions to compete did not constitute a violation of Swiss public policy.
Some competitors claim that women with higher levels of the hormone have an unfair advantage.
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