The IAAF says South Africa's Caster Semenya can keep competing as a woman after she underwent a series of gender tests.
A press conference that was expected to reveal whether world 800 meter champion Caster Semenya could compete again has been postponed at the last minute.
Caster Semenya has been left out of South Africa's squad for the African Athletics Championships, which take place in Kenya from July 28 to August 1.
South African Caster Semenya will return to competitive athletics on June 24 in a meeting in Zaragoza, Spain.
Lawyers representing world 800 meters champion Caster Semenya have told CNN they will protect her right to race after she was prevented from competing in South Africa this week.
The president of Athletics South Africa has been suspended for lying about his involvement in the Caster Semenya gender row.
A top South African official admits he lied about gender tests for runner Caster Semenya. CNN's Robyn Curnow reports.
The president of Athletics South Africa has admitted that he lied about gender tests on runner Caster Semenya before her gold-medal win at the World Athletics Championships last month.
A South African government minister called on Leonard Chuene to resign after the national athletics chief admitted he knew Caster Semenya had undergone a gender test prior to the World Championships.
The South African government has reportedly complained to the United Nations over the treatment of controversial track and field star Caster Semenya.
New 800 meters world champion Caster Semenya has arrived back in South Africa to fresh controversy over levels of testosterone in her body three times higher than normal for women.
The gender of the women's 800-meter world champion has come into question. CNN's Nkepile Mabuse reports.
South African athletics officials have rallied behind controversial new running star Caster Semenya, who won the women's world 800 meters title just hours after the sport's governing body asked for the 18-year-old's gender to be verified.
Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius -- nicknamed the "blade runner" for his prosthetic limbs -- still hopes to make it to the Beijing Olympics despite failing to qualify for the individual 400-meter event, his coach said Thursday.
Double amputee Oscar Pistorius can run in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. CNN's Robyn Curnow reports.
A Paralympic gold medal winner will not be allowed to compete in the Beijing Olympics later this year after athletics' governing body ruled that his specially-designed prosthetic limbs gave him an unfair advantage over other runners.
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