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‘Go Caster, go!’ S.Africa fans say after Semenya wins human rights challenge against World Athletics

By Reuters
09 August 2023   |   3:52 pm
South Africans in Johannesburg praised Olympic champion Caster Semenya on Tuesday (July 11) after Europe's top human rights court ruled she should be given a new chance to fight a requirement that female athletes with high natural testosterone take drugs to lower it.

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