Athletics South Africa has expressed shocked after Caster Semenya lost a case against Athletics governing body.
Semenya lost the case against restricting testosterone levels in female athletes.
Her challenge was on Wednesday rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sports.
Reacting to the rejection which they termed discriminatory, ASA said:
“We are reeling in shock at how a body held in high esteem like Cas can endorse discrimination without flinching.
“For Cas does not only condone discrimination but also goes to lengths to justify it, only undermines the integrity that this body is entrusted with.
“We are deeply disappointed and profoundly shocked.”
“We believe their decision is disgraceful,” ASA added.
And it said by justifying discrimination, Cas had “seen it fit to open the wounds of apartheid” – the South African political system which enforced white rule and racial segregation until 1991 – which it pointed out was “condemned by the whole world as a crime against humanity”.
