Early last year the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) introduced regulations requiring South African 800m Olympic champion Caster Semenya - and other middle distance runners with differences of sex development - to lower their naturally high levels of testosterone.
In February 2019 Semenya's legal team argued that the policy was invalid. But in May the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that discrimination in sport is legal provided it is justified.
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