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South Africa to appeal against Semenya testosterone ruling

Caster Semenya celebrates victory in a past race [Courtesy]

South Africa on Monday said it would lodge an appeal after Olympic Champion Caster Semenya lost her case challenging new rules forcing female athletes to regulate their testosterone levels.

Semenya's case has provoked a furious debate across sport worldwide about gender and "hyperandrogenic" athletes, those with "differences of sexual development" (DSD).

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