Athletics adopts new gender rules after Semenya row

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The IAAF on Tuesday announced the introduction of new eligibility rules for female athletes triggered by the controversy surrounding South Africa's 800metre runner Caster Semenya.

Athletics' governing body, in a landmark ruling, became the first sports federation to adopt a policy governing women athletes with excessive male hormones, a medical condition known as hyperandrogenism.

An IAAF statement announced: "A female with hyperandrogenism who is recognised as a female in law shall be eligible to compete in women's competition in athletics provided that she has androgen levels below the male range (measured by reference to testosterone levels in serum)."

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The IAAF added that it had also looked into the eligiblity of athletes who had "undergone male to female sex reassignment " and would publish its findings next month.