Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya blasts IOC's new policy to ensure fairness in women's events

International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry announces a new policy requiring gene screening to ensure only biological females compete in women's sports, citing fairness. Payton McNabb reacts.

Caster Semenya, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in the women’s 800-meter race, blasted the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over a new policy to ensure fairness for females competing at the highest level of sports.

Semenya, who has disorders of sex development (DSD), has testosterone levels higher than a typical female range and has launched legal challenges in order to compete in the women’s category. Semenya said she expected more from IOC President Kirsty Coventry.

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Caster Semenya runs in the women’s 5000m during the World Athletics Championships Oregon 22 at Hayward Field on July 20, 2022. (Kirby Lee/USA Today Sports)

"Personally, for her as a leader, she’s an African, I’m sure she understands how, you know, we as Africans, we are coming from, as a global South, you know, you cannot control genetics," Semenya said Thursday. "For me personally, for her being a woman coming from Africa, knowing how, you know, African women or women in the global South are affected by that."

The IOC said it would employ genetic testing to verify the biological sex of competitors in women’s events. The IOC said eligibility for events in the women’s category is "now limited to biological females, determined on the basis of a one-time SRY gene screening."

"Evidence‑based and expert‑informed, the policy – applicable for the LA28 Olympic Games onwards – protects fairness, safety and integrity in the female category," according to the organization.

"Obviously if you say the science,