Olympic 800m champ Caster Semenya to be forced to use daily pill to cut testosterone levels or move to longer distances
25th April 2018, 8:57 am == CONTROVERSIAL 800 metres star Caster Semenya could be forced to take a pill to cut her testosterone levels in new rules being introduced by the IAAF. The world athletics governing body is set to announce new rules to curb naturally occurring levels of the hormone. News Group Newspapers Ltd Caster Semenya remains one of the most controversial athletes in the world as a result of her hyperandrogenism Semenya, 27, clinched gold in Rio two years ago and was awarded retrospective gold at London 2012 after Russia's Mariya Savinova had hes stripped for doping. But she remains one of the most controversial athletes in history, because of her hyperandrogenism, a condition which sparks excessive levels of male sex hormones such as testosterone. The South African clinched 800m and 1500m gold at this month's Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. Semenya will be hit by new rules that apply from distances from 400m to a mile that will force athletes to take medicati...