Laura Muir was close to tears after missing out on a world championship 1500m medal by seven hundredths of a second to South Africa’s Caster Semenya. Muir had led for much of the race but ran out of gas down the home straight and was beaten to bronze by Semenya, the Olympic 800m champion. South Africa’s Semenya later attempted to shut down debate over hyperandrogenism, the medical condition she has which is characterised by excessive levels of male sex hormones such as testosterone. Semenya could be forced to undergo hormone replacement therapy or face being unable to compete in the future. In addition we have been working with Public Health England to ensure the situation is managed and contained.

Source: The Guardian August 07, 2017 23:02 UTC