Caster Semenya to run in Doha as Sebastian Coe welcomes Cas ruling
• South African will compete in 800m despite losing case
• IAAF president Lord Coe: verdict ‘upheld principle’ of athletics
Caster Semenya has made a last-minute decision to run in the 800m in Doha on Friday, which will be the last time she can compete in her favourite event before the IAAF’s new rules requiring athletes with differences in sex development to take medication to reduce their testosterone are introduced.
Semenya’s agent has confirmed the South African has flown to Doha for the first Diamond League event of the season. However she was not at a press conference to hear the IAAF president, Sebastian Coe, welcome the court of arbitration for sport’s verdict on Wednesday as upholding the principle that fair competition in women’s sport should be protected.