Semenya, with lawyers Gregory Nott (left) and Shona Jolly KC, after she won a partial victory at the European Court of Human Rights in her seven-year legal fight against track and field’s sex eligibility rules on July 10. — AP
ONE of the most complex current issues in sports can be traced back to a track meet in Germany in 2009, when an unknown 18-year-old from South Africa blew away a field of the best female runners on the planet to win the world title.
The teenager was hardly out of breath when she flexed her muscles at the end of it.
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