Caster Semenya’s lawyers "hit back" at the IAAF on day two of their hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, claiming the world governing body’s proposed testosterone limit for women is "flawed" and "hurtful," according to the PA. The two-time Olympic 800m champion is challenging the IAAF’s revised eligibility rules for female athletes at the Lausanne-based tribunal "in a landmark case for intersex and transgender women in all sports." On Monday, the IAAF issued a press release that named five of the expert witnesses it is calling this week to support its case. As promised, the South African's lawyers released their own expert witness list and responded to the IAAF’s claim that the testosterone limit is intended to "empower girls and women" by maintaining a level playing field. In a statement, they said, "Ms Semenya believes that she and other women affected by the regulations should be permitted to compete in the female category without discrimination, and celebrated for their natural talents as are all other athletes with genetic variations." Among the 10 legal and medical experts named by Semenya’s lawyers are four academics from British universities and an English psychologist. For its part, the IAAF said on Monday that it had "not breached any confidentiality rules" by revealing the names of its experts, saying that CAS had "agreed" this was a choice for each of the two parties to make (PA, 2/19).
