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Caster Semenya: A rebel with a cause.

South African Caster Semenya reacts after winning in the women's 2000m race during the France's LNA.[AFP]

When 19-year-old unknown South African Caster Semenya pulled off a stunning 800 metres final triumph at the 2009 world championships in Berlin, she could never have imagined the drama that would follow.

On Thursday the latest chapter in a long running court saga came to an end when The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) said a Swiss court did not give her a fair trial in a much-awaited appeals ruling over contested gender testing.

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