CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Athletics South Africa (ASA) have lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to halt the implementation of new female classification rules by the governing body of athletics (IAAF), the organisation confirmed on Saturday.
It follows a similar challenge by South Africa's double Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya, who opposes new rules from the IAAF, requiring her to take medication to lower her higher than normal natural levels of testosterone.
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