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Semenya takes fight to court for third time, seeks to defend Olympic title

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South African 800 meters Olympic champion Caster Semenya arrives for a landmark hearing at the Court of Arbitration (CAS) in Lausanne on February 18, 2019. (Photo by Harold CUNNINGHAM / AFP)

Two-time Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya has filed an application to the European Court of Human Rights seeking to overturn regulations restricting testosterone levels in female athletes. 

The 30-year-old South African has failed twice in legal battles seeking to overturn the protocols requiring women with high testosterone to take medication to contest internationally between 400 meters and a mile.

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