Athletics chiefs had set a Wednesday deadline for DSD athletes to submit blood samples to their medical team with a testosterone level below five nanomoles per litre, which they must maintain over the next four-and-a-half months.
CAPE TOWN - Athletes with differences in sexual development hoping to compete at the World Championships must submit to new rules curbing their levels of testosterone from Wednesday but Caster Semenya appears ready to resist the regulations.
One of the most vocal have been the World Medical Association , who urged their member physicians in 114 countries not to assist in the implementation of the regulations. “In 46XY DSD individuals, reducing serum testosterone to female levels by using a contraceptive pill is the recognised standard of care for 46XY DSD athletes with a female gender identity. These medications are gender-affirming,” the IAAF letter said.
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