By Riath Al-Samarrai for the Daily Mail
Published: 22:30 BST, 11 June 2019 | Updated: 23:02 BST, 11 June 2019
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After holding off an attack to win in Paris on Tuesday night, Caster Semenya launched one of her own at the folk in Monaco, telling the IAAF to ‘catch dopers, not me’.
It was quite the soundbite and quite the continuation of the saga between Semenya and the sport’s rulers, whose new regulations would have her take testosterone-lowering medication in order to compete between 400m and a mile.
It remains to be seen how that mess is resolved, with Semenya’s appeal lodged in the Swiss federal courts, but in the meantime, with her future uncertain, the double Olympic is trying to go about business as usual by winning races.
Caster Semenya secured victory in the 2000m in France as she awaits a decision on her future
On Tuesday night, in the low-key surrounds of the Meeting de Montreuil in Paris, that meant holding off Hawi Feysa of Ethiopia to win the novelty distance of 2000m in 5:38.19.
Following her victory, she was firm in making her point against the IAAF and the requirement to take medication, saying: ‘I'm not an idiot. Why will I take drugs? I'm a pure athlete. I don't cheat. They should focus on doping, not us. I'm never going to take drugs.’
Throughout this episode, and beyond the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling against her in May, Semenya’s hope has never wavered that she will somehow emerge from this legal wrangling in a position to defend her
