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The Department of Sports and Recreation says it will continue to fight for Caster Semenya following the Swiss Federal Court’s decision to accept the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) ruling that, according to the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF), hormone-suppressing drugs be prescribed to any woman with disorder of sex development (DSD) competing in running distances from 400m to 1 500m.

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Liesl Smit
Liesl Smit
Liesl is the Smile 90.4FM News Manager. She has been at Smile since 2016, with nearly 20 years experience in the radio industry, including reading news, field reporting and producing. In 2008 she won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, Western Cape region. liesl@smile904.fm

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