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Dossier: caster semenya gender saga

Caster Semenya said she will keep fighting. By Fabrice COFFRINI (AFP)

Caster Semenya vows court decision won't hold her back
Caster Semenya lost her challenge against IAAF rules forcing female athletes to regulate their testosterone levels. By Harold CUNNINGHAM (AFP/File)

Semenya loses landmark challenge against IAAF testosterone rules
Caster Semenya celebrates with the South African flag after winning the women's 800m during the African Athletics Championships in Nigeria in August 2018. By PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (AFP/File)

Sports court delays Semenya verdict until April

Olympic champion Caster Semenya meets South Africa's Sports Minister Tokozile Xasa and South Africa's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Nozipho Joyce Mxakato-Diseko. By Fabrice COFFRINI (AFP/File)

Sports court to rule in Semenya case by March 26
Xasa is in Lausanne to support Semenya at the CAS hearing. By Fabrice COFFRINI (AFP)

IAAF Aiming To Violate Women's Bodies: S. Africa On Semenya Hearing
Semenya arrived at CAS for the start of the hearing on Monday. By Harold CUNNINGHAM (AFP/File)

South Africa Sports Minister To Back Semenya At Hearing

Caster Semenya has argued that she is

Semenya Takes Gender Rule Challenge To Sports Court
Caster Semenya has protested that she is

S. African Gov't Rally Behind Semenya On IAAF's New Gender Rules
South Africa's Caster Semenya wins the athletics women's 800m final during the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games at the Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast on April 13, 2018. By SAEED KHAN (AFP/File)

Semenya and Samba sizzle in Paris

Caster Semenya celebrates winning gold in the women's 800m at last month's Commonwealth Games. By SAEED KHAN (AFP/File)

Semenya athletics testosterone drama angers S.Africa
Caster Semenya dominated the 800m race.. By SAEED KHAN (AFP)

Semenya defiant after sweeping to Commonwealth double
South Africa's Caster Semenya won her first Commonwealth medal with victory in the women's 1,500m.. By SAEED KHAN (AFP)

Semenya smashes Budd record as controversy persists

South Arican Caster Semenya celebrates after the 600m women's competition at the at the ISTAF Athletics Meeting im Olympic Stadion in Berlin, on August 27, 2017. By Hendrik Schmidt (dpa/AFP)

Athletics: Semenya smashes women's 600m world record
South Africa's Caster Semenya, who won the women's 800m race at the world championships in London, claiming her third world title, has been dogged by accusations that she took testosterone suppressing medication. By Adrian DENNIS (AFP)

Peerless Semenya claims third world 800m title
South Africa's Caster Semenya competes in the women's 800m athletics event at the 2017 IAAF World Championships at the London Stadium in London on August 10, 2017. By Adrian DENNIS (AFP)

Semenya safely into 800m semi-finals

Kenya's Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon celebrates winning as South Africa's Caster Semenya grabs third in the final of the 1,500m event, at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London on August 7. By Jewel SAMAD (AFP)

South African runner Semenya plays down gender testing 'nonsense'
Kenya's Faith Kipyegon celebrates after winning the final of the women's 1,500m at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London on August 7, 2017. By Ben STANSALL (AFP)

Kipyegon wins world 1500m, Semenya bronze
Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba finishes the semi-finals of the women's 1,500m at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London on August 5, 2017. By Jewel SAMAD (AFP)

Scare for Dibaba in 1500m, Semenya seamless

Singer Wizkid was named artist of the year and best male musician and also won the prize for top collaboration at the 2016 MTV Africa Music Awards. By Cellou Binani (AFP/File)

Nigeria's Wizkid, S.Africa's Semenya take top MTV awards
South Africa's Caster Semenya celebrates after winning the women's 800m final during the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) Championships in Durban, on June 26, 2016. By Anesh Debiky (AFP/File)

Gender dispute rumbles as South Africa's Semenya goes for gold
South Africa's Caster Semenya is favourite to win the 800m women's Olympics gold medal after clocking the fastest time this year, 1 minute 56.64 seconds. By Anesh Debiky (AFP/File)

Semenya among 137 Rio-bound South Africans

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