Scientists Correct Study That Limited Some Female Runners

By BY JERÉ LONGMAN from NYT Sports The researchers no longer claim a causal relationship between high testosterone levels and improved performance by female athletes. The correction comes too late for Caster Semenya of South Africa.https://nyti.ms/3mkpQ3L

Rights Group Demands End to Sex Testing of Female Track Athletes

By BY JERÉ LONGMAN from NYT Sports A Human Rights Watch report said that regulations governing athletes with differences of sexual development are harmful and disproportionately affect women of color from developing nations.https://nyti.ms/39DWMOh

Track’s Caster Semenya Loses Appeal to Defend 800-Meter Title

By BY JERÉ LONGMAN from NYT Sports A ruling by the Swiss Supreme Court appears to have nixed any chance for the South African star to defend her title in her signature event at the Tokyo Olympics next summer.https://nyti.ms/33dJuTN

Track Officials Called Caster Semenya ‘Biologically Male,’ Newly Released Documents Show

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports The governing body of track used that language as it argued in court that Semenya must suppress her natural testosterone to be allowed to compete in certain women’s races.https://nyti.ms/2x3waS6

Track and Field Tries to Understand New Rules for Intersex Athletes

By GINA KOLATA from NYT Sports The new regulations go into effect Wednesday and focus on a narrow subset of the female population with male-patterned chromosomes.https://nyti.ms/2PUYv5N