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Athletics South Africa (ASA) said in a statement on Thursday it is considering its legal options following global athletics body World Athletics' release of new rules around trans athletes and athletes with differences of sexual development (DSD).
The South African governing body said it would, in the meantime, cooperate with the new rules that ban all trans athletes from competing in the women’s category and force DSD athletes to lower their testosterone levels to below 2.5 nmol/L (nanomoles per litre of blood) for 24 months across all women’s events in order to be able to compete.
Caster Semenya: Athletics SA taking legal advice on 'highly discriminatory' new World Athletics rules | Sport
Athletics South Africa said it is taking legal advice regarding the latest World Athletics ruling that bars Caster Semenya from competing in any women's events without hormone suppressors, which they said was "highly discriminatory".
