Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya is ending a seven-year legal challenge against sex eligibility rules in track and field, her lawyers said Thursday, despite winning a ruling at the European Court of Human Rights in July that appeared to have reignited one of sports’ most contentious cases.
Patrick Bracher, a lawyer for Semenya, said in an email to The Associated Press that they wouldn’t take her appeal back to the Swiss supreme court, which was an option and what many presumed to be Semenya’s next step after the European rights court ruling.
“Caster’s legal challenge reached the highest possible court with a highly successful outcome and will not be taken further in the circumstances,” Bracher wrote.
Landmark case
Semenya is a two-time Olympic gold medallist in the 800 meters from South Africa who has been banned from running in her favorite race at major international meets like the Olympics and
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