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Caster Semenya rejects IOC plan for single SRY sex verification
South African double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya said genetics cannot be controlled and challenged the scientific and human rights basis of the IOC requirement that female athletes test negative for the SRY gene.
Mar 31st 2026 · South Africa
Insights
- The IOC announced a rule requiring a single sex verification test using blood or saliva to detect the SRY gene for female category eligibility at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
Sources
- Caster Semenya pledges to fight against Olympic gender-testing policy www.aljazeera.com
- The fallout and key questions from the IOC's biological female decision www.bbc.com
- “No se puede controlar la genética”: Caster Semenya arremete contra la nueva política de verificación sexual del COI www.mundodeportivo.com