The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights will hear the case involving middle-distance runner Caster Semenya on Wednesday before a final ruling.
Semenya, 32, was born with differences of sexual development and cannot compete in female track events without taking testosterone-reducing drugs.The case at the ECHR was not against sporting bodies or DSD rules - but specifically against the government of Switzerland for not protecting Semenya's rights and dates back to a Swiss Supreme Court ruling three years ago.
Switzerland's top court rejected another appeal by Semenya in September 2020, after her team again sought to challenge the Cas ruling. She was given a hero's welcome in South Africa after picking up her first World Championship gold in 2009, with thousands of jubilant fans turning out at Johannesburg airport to greet her.
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