ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses two important cases in elite sport in which the female body has been constructed as 'other' or 'abnormal', namely the bodies of South African middle-distance runner Caster Semenya and of Indian sprinter Dutee Chand. It presents Semenya's case, which triggered the drafting of the 2011 International Association of Athletics Federations regulations on eligibility of female athletes with hyperandrogenism to compete in the female. The chapter analyses the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) regulations both from a scientific and from an ethical point of view and also discusses Dutee Chand's case and her appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). It focuses on the CAS landmark decision to suspend the regulations for two years pending further evidence from the IAAF, and the more recent developments of the case. The chapter concludes by commenting on other ethically problematic issues pertaining to women's competition in elite sport.
