JOHANNESBURG: South African 800m Olympic champion Caster Semenya on Thursday (Friday in Manila) said she was “unquestionably a woman,” after the IAAF denied reports that it would argue that she should be classified as a biological male.

Semenya, 28, issued the statement ahead of a landmark hearing at the Court of Arbitration (CAS) next week that will challenge a proposed rule by the International Athletics Federation (IAAF) aiming to restrict testosterone levels in female runners.

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