Caster Semenya gets government backing in IAAF testosterone row

• Sports minister calls proposed limits a ‘gross violation of human rights’
• Double Olympic champion takes her fight to court on Monday

The South African government has thrown its weight behind Caster Semenya in her legal battle with world athletics governing body, the IAAF, declaring its proposed testosterone limit for women “a gross violation of human rights”.

The double Olympic and three-times world 800m champion takes her fight against the IAAF to the court of arbitration for sport (Cas) in Lausanne on Monday.

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