Caster Semenya wins court battle in her fight to run without hormone suppressants

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Caster Semenya won an interim ruling in her battle against the IAAF when the Swiss supreme court ordered athletics' governing body to suspend its testosterone rules on Monday, raising the prospect of her competing at the world championships without having to take hormone suppressing medication.

The ruling temporarily lifts the contentious rules, at least until the IAAF responds with arguments to the supreme court, known as the Swiss Federal Tribunal, to restore the regulations.

Should the IAAF fail to overturn the ruling, the regulations will remain suspended until Semenya's full appeal is heard by a panel of Swiss federal judges.

Semenya lost her case against the IAAF at the Court of Arbitration for Sport on May 1 and the rules came into effect on May 8.They meant that Semenya wasn't allowed to run in any top-level 800-meter race unless she medically reduced her elevated testosterone levels before Monday's decision.

Semenya's lawyers say her appeal to the Swiss supreme court will focus on human rights, with the rules forcing her to take medication or have surgery to be eligible to compete.

Semenya has been forced to medically suppress her testosterone level before, under previous IAAF rules that were dropped in 2015.Athlete medical records and details of DSD tests are confidential but Semenya and Indian sprinter Dutee Chand have fought testosterone regulations and Niyonsaba and Wambui have both publicly criticized the rules recently.

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