Human rights court rules Olympic champion Semenya did not get fair hearing | Athletics News

South African runner Caster Semenya wins partial victory in appeal against ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Two-time Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya has won a partial victory at the European Court of Human Rights in her seven-year legal fight against track and field’s sex eligibility rules.

The court’s 17-judge highest chamber said in a 15-2 ruling on Thursday that Semenya had some of her rights to a fair hearing violated before Switzerland’s Supreme Court, where she…