Absolutely nothing wrong with Caster Semenya – SA Medical Association
The South African Medical Association (SAMA) says the decision to introduce testosterone reducing medication for female athletes is illogical and discriminatory.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed Caster Semenya's appeal against the IAAF measures, triggering an angry response in South Africa.
The decision means that women with elevated testosterone will have to take suppressive treatment if they wish to compete as females in certain events.
Dr Mvuyisi Mzukwa says what the IAAF has enforced goes against the laws of science and that the side effects and changes have not been tested.
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"And we don't know what the side effects will be to Caster Semenya if she were to take this therapy. Besides getting treatment the whole system is flawed, even scientist don't agree on it, so I don't understand how a court of law could make a decision on something that is so controversial."
Mzukwa says there is nothing wrong with Semenya’s biology.
"There's nothing with the patient if I were to take Caster as a patient. Why would you grab somebody on the street and give treatment to somebody in the street who has not consulted with you and told you that they are suffering from a pathological condition?"
He adds that the World Medical Association (WMA) has demanded the immediate withdrawal of the Differences of Sexual Development (DSD) rule.
"Which we believe constitutes a systematic affront to the dignity of all female athletes. This ruling is both shocking and disconcerting. This certainly cannot be the way forward for sport."
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