In July this year, Semenya won an appeal which she had submitted to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to end the testosterone limits.
Cameron Spencer/Getty ImagesIn a statement to CNN, World Athletics said it stood by its rules and research.
“World Athletics has over a decade of research, directly from DSD athletes in our own sport, that show high testosterone levels do provide an unfair advantage in the female category,” World Athletics said.
Semenya acknowledged the differences in her body but insisted DSD athletes did not have an unfair advantage in the sport.
In the book, she said she was 18 when she first faced scrutiny from World Athletics, then known as the IAAF.
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Semenya, ” Semenya, CNN’s Bianna, Martina Navratilova, Lynsey Sharp, Sharp, “, Cameron Spencer, “ I’m, ”, ADRIAN DENNIS, Athletics –, Sebastian Coe –, Peter Sonksen
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CNN, Semenya, Rio, –, IAAF, European, of Human Rights, World Athletics, AFP, Getty, Athletics
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Tokyo, AFP