EUGENE, Ore. — American 1500m record holder Shannon Rowbury has serious concerns about South African Caster Semenya competing at the Rio Olympics.
The Olympic 800m silver medalist Semenya, who was suspended for nearly a year in 2009 and 2010 following gender tests, has this spring posted the world’s fastest 800m times since 2012.
Last July, the Court of Arbitration for Sport suspended for two years a 2011 IAAF ruling that regulated women’s testosterone levels for competition eligibility.
Rowbury will not race the 800m in Rio, but Semenya could race the 1500m. Rowbury hopes that she doesn’t.