Semenya is registered for the World Cup in Oregon
Caster Semenya appears registered as a participant in the World Athletics Championships that begins next week in Oregon, which opens the possibility of a surprise return to high-level competitions by one of the most controversial athletes, winner of two Olympic golds.
Semenya was named to the list of female 5,000m runners on Friday, an event she has dedicated herself to after she was banned from her favorite competition, the 800m race, due to athletics regulations related to testosterone.
The inclusion of the athlete in the list of participants released by World Athletics, the body that regulates athletics worldwide, was unexpected,
since she had not achieved the qualifying time for the 5,000 meters nor was she summoned to the South African team that will see action at the World Cup and it was announced this week.
NBC reported that Semenya was included in the Worlds roster after some higher-ranked runners did not sign up for the competition. The South African athletics federation and Semenya's representatives did not immediately respond to requests for clarification.
If Semenya participates in the event, it will be the first time she has competed in a World Cup or Olympic Games since 2017, the year in which she won her third world title in the 800 meters.
The runner won two Olympic gold medals in two jousts but has been barred from participating in races from 400 to 1,600 meters since 2019 under regulations that prohibit the participation of women with an intersex condition called 46,XY disorder of sexual development.
Semenya appealed against the regulations twice in court but lost both cases. The broker has a third appeal pending in the European Court of Human Rights.
Semenya's participation in a World Cup would take place at a time when the governing authorities of athletics are considering modifying their regulations on this disorder of sexual development to categorically prohibit women with this condition and high natural levels of testosterone from competing in all women's events in fair important.
When Semenya was born she was assigned the female sex, she was raised as a girl and she identifies as female. The athlete has never publicly identified as an intersex person, that is, having both male and female traits, or the 46,XY disorder.
However, he indirectly acknowledged having the condition when he appealed in 2018 against regulations related to the disorder of sexual development before theCourt of Arbitration for Sport.
What Semenya has publicly acknowledged is that she has naturally high levels of testosterone but has declined to bow to disorder of sexual development regulations that require her to undergo treatment that suppresses her natural hormone levels below a specified limit if she wants to. compete in the 800 meters.
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