Kenya's 800m Olympic bronze medal winner Margaret Wambui has strongly defended Caster Semenya following the IAAF testosterone ruling made against her South African rival.
Semenya will now have to take medication to regulate her testosterone levels if she is to compete in the international stage at all.
Gold medalist Caster Semenya and bronze medalist Margaret Wambui stand on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Women's 800 meter on Day 15 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 20, 2016.
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Wambui also faced question of testosterone levels but was not subject to the same degree of scrutiny as the Olympic 800m champion.
"This life is sometimes so unfair but everything that happens, happens with a reason," she tweeted.
"Caster this is life we Africans we have nothing to say in this world and nothing we can do about it so sorry my dear so painful," the Kenyan said.
The decision was announced by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and it came after the 28-year-old South African tried to challenge the new IAAF rules.
The ruling simply means that Semenya, along with other athletes who have rare differences of sexual development (DSD), will have to regulate their testosterone levels.
That is if they want to compete in track events ranging from 400 metres to one mile.
Source: Tuko.co.ke
