'Protect intersex athletes'

Olympian defends controversial boxers Khelif and Lin.

- Wesley Botton

Two-time Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya has called on international sporting authorities to standardise gender rules and protect intersex athletes from discrimination.

Semenya was banned from competing against women last year by World Athletics, along with other track athletes with differences of sexual development (DSD), a decision the South African star is still fighting in court.

In some sports, however, DSD athletes still compete, with Algeria's Imane Khelif and Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting receiving widespread criticism during the ongoing Olympic Games in Paris, where both athletes secured medals.