By Matt Lawton for the Daily Mail
Published: 22:00 GMT, 18 February 2019 | Updated: 22:58 GMT, 18 February 2019
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Caster Semenya's legal team accused the IAAF of breaking an agreement ahead of the Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing that will determine if the double Olympic champion has to take medication to continue competing.
The South African, 28, is in Lausanne to challenge the IAAF's introduction of revised eligibility rules that set a limit on testosterone levels in athletes with disorders of sexual development. The case will be heard until Friday.
Semenya's lawyers reacted angrily to an IAAF press release that detailed its case and listed five experts it has called for the hearing, saying: 'This information should not have been released.'
Women's 800m champion Caster Semenya at the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday
An IAAF spokesperson replied: 'The IAAF does not believe the list of witnesses it will be calling is confidential, just their evidence at CAS.'
The IAAF said it was acting because it wants to 'empower girls and women' by maintaining a level playing field.' The female category in sport is a protected category,' it said.
'For it to serve its purposes, which include providing females opportunities equal to males, it must have eligibility standards that ensure athletes who identify as female but have testes, and testosterone levels in the male range, at least drop their testosterone levels into the female range in order to compete at the elite level in the female
