Champion runner Caster Semenya is "elated" at the ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in her favour in her legal battle against track and field rules that force her to suppress her natural testosterone to compete, she said in a statement Wednesday.
But while Tuesday's ruling found that the two-time Olympic champion in the 800 metres had been discriminated against, the court didn't strike down the contentious athletics regulations.
That meant no immediate return to the track for the 32-year-old South African, who has been barred from her favourite event for the last four years.
The European Court of Human Rights court found that Semenya had valid claims of discrimination for being forced by track and field's governing body to medically suppress her hormone levels if she wants to run in women's races at the Olympics, world championships and other top meets.