NEW YORK --- A court ruling requiring Olympic running sensation Caster Semenya to lower her testosterone levels goes to the heart of a dilemma facing the sports world: How to avoid discrimination against intersex or transgender athletes while ensuring that competitions are fair. The challenges faced by Semenya --- a South African woman who reportedly has some intersex traits --- differ in key respects from those confronting transgender women. But there are parallels as well, as evidenced in Wednesday's ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the sports world's highest court. The court ruled that Semenya and other female runners with unusually high testosterone must take m...
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