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IAAF to push for Semenya to be categorized as male runner

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Caster Semenya celebrating after winning a past race. [Photo: Courtesy]

The IAAF will argue out a case against South African athlete Caster Semenya before the Court of Arbitration of Sport next week to challenge her categorisation as a female athlete.

IAAF will insist in its submission that Semenya is a male athlete, owing to her biological and genetical make-up.

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