ANALYSIS | Caster Semenya: how much testosterone is too much for a female athlete? | by Daniel Kelly
against the athletic governing body, IAAF, which means that she will have to take medication to lower her testosterone levels if she wishes to continue competing internationally in running events.for female athletes with “difference of sexual development” . Athletes with circulating testosterone of five nanomoles per litre of blood or above and who are androgen-sensitive, have to meet certain criteria if they wish to compete internationally.
A person with DSD may have a mix of both male and female sexual characteristics. For example, they may be genetically female, but with reproductive organs that are of the opposite sex , a combination of both male and female, or not clearly either. How much benefit testosterone gives female athletes is difficult to define as women cannot convert testosterone into its more potent form and do not possess the same numbers of testosterone receptors as men. The IAAF level of 5nmol/L is still high for female levels, which
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