05 July,2017 08:33 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Just a day before she is to compete at the Asian Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar
India sprinter Dutee Chand
India sprinter Dutee Chand
Just a day before she is to compete at the Asian Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar, Indian sprinter Dutee Chand's 'gender case' has hit the headlines with the IAAF deciding to return to the CAS with more evidence in support of its Hyperandrogenism Policy.
On July 27, 2015, in a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) case between Chand and the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) and the International Athletics Association (IAAF), the CAS made an interim decision to suspend the world body's Hyperandrogenism Regulations for two years.
It was done in order to provide IAAF an opportunity to submit further evidence as to the degree of performance advantage that hyperandrogenic female athletes have over athletes with normal testosterone levels.
After the CAS partially upheld her appeal in an interim order two years back, Chand was allowed to "continue to compete" till a final decision was given by CAS on her appeal against IAAF's hyperandrogenism policy. Now the IAAF has decided to pursue the case again. Many activists in India and abroad have opposed IAAF's policy terming it as a case of 'gender bias'.
