Related: UN says forcing intersex athletes into medical interventions violates human rightsThe South African 29-year-old has been involved in legal fights to participate in women’s sports for years.
She is a cisgender woman – she was assigned female at birth and she identifies as a woman – and an intersex condition means that she has high levels of testosterone in her body.World Athletics, the body that regulates international track and field competitions formerly known as the IAAF, issued a rule in 2019 requiring participants in the women’s 400-meter, 800-meter, and 1500-meter races to have a low level of testosterone in their bodies and to undergo six months of hormone therapy if their natural testosterone levels are high.Since those are.