IAAF Hyperandrogenism Regulations and Caster Semenya’s case

A selection of my academic work on the topic can be found here:

• Camporesi, S. & Hämäläinen (2021) The construction of categories in sport: Unfair Advantages, Equality of Opportunity and Strict Attainability. European Journal of Sports Sciences 1-13
• Camporesi, S. & Hämäläinen (2020) A local criterion of fairness in sport – comparing the property advantages of Caster Semenya and Eero Mäntyranta with implications for the construction of categories in sport.  Bioethics, 35(3), 262-269
• Camporesi, S. (2020) The legacy of Caster Semenya: Examining the normative basis for the construction of categories in sport. Journal of Medical Ethics, 46(9), 597-598
• Camporesi S (2019) When does an advantage become unfair? Empirical and normative concerns in Semenya’s case. Journal of Medical Ethics;45:700-704. [email me for pdf article]
• Camporesi, S. (2018) A question of ‘fairness’: Why ethics should factor in the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s decision on the IAAF Hyperandrogenism Regulations British Journal of Sports Medicine, 53:797-798.
• Camporesi S (2017) “Who is a sportswoman?” AEON essay https://aeon.co/essays/sports-culture-binds-us-to-gender-binaries-this-is-unfair  [open access]z
• Camporesi S, Maugeri P (2016), “Unfair Advantages and the Myth of the Level Playing Field in IAAF and IOC Policies on Hyper-Androgenism: When is it fair to be a woman?” in Olivesi A & Montanola S (editors) Gender Testing in Sport: Ethics, Cases and Controversies Routledge [email me for chapter and postface to volume]
• Camporesi S (2015), Ethics of Regulating Competition for Women with Hyperandrogenism. Clinics in Sports Medicine 35(2): 293-301 http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26832978 [email me for pdf article]
• Karkazis, K., Jordan-Young, R., Davis, G., & Camporesi, S. (2012). Out of bounds? A critique of the new policies on hyperandrogenism in elite female athletes. The American Journal of Bioethics, 12(7), 3-16. http://www.bioethics.net/articles/out-of-bounds-a-critique-of-the-new-policies-on-hyperandrogenism-in-elite-female-athletes/ [open access]

Op-eds can be found here:

• Camporesi S (2015) Clear Skies Overhead for Dutee Chand, but Clouds Loom in the Horizon. Huff Post Sports July 30^th http://www.huffingtonpost.com/silvia-camporesi/clear-skies-overhead-for-_b_7896924.html
• Camporesi S (2015) The Burden of Proving Femininity in Athletics: Why Dutee Chand Should Be Allowed to Compete. Huff Post Sports March 25th http://www.huffingtonpost.com/silvia-camporesi/the-burden-of-proving-femininity-in-athletics_b_6940562.html

• Camporesi S (2012), Caster Semenya and Athletic Excellence – A critique of Olympic sex testing http://somatosphere.net/2012/07/caster-semenya-and-athletic-excellence-a-critique-of-olympic-sex-testing.html

And you can find some of my early academic work on Caster Semenya here:

• Camporesi Karkazis OP_ED_MercuryNews 2011
• Camporesi S, Maugeri P (2010). “Caster Semenya: sport, categories and the creative role of ethics.” Journal of Medical Ethics 36, no. 6 (2010): 378-379. http://jme.bmj.com/content/36/6/378.short [email me for pdf article]

MEDIA AND OUTREACH

Radio and Television Commentary and Expert Opinion

Al Jazeera Inside Story (May 2019, Television)

Commentary on CAS ruling against Caster Semenya:

https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2019/05/athletics-rules-unfairly-target-caster-semenya-190502192112795.html

BBC Radio 5 (May 2019, Radio)

Commentary on CAS ruling against Caster Semenya:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0769g7f

 BBC Radio London (May 2019)

Commentary on CAS ruling against Caster Semenya:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0769g7f?fbclid=IwAR1BVHBoJc9R5TxHMJAZHkXNjLx5caiZYOw3StVnNhck81XJ6tqMuIQ2ajg

 BBC Inside Science (April 2019, Radio)

Commentary on experiments carried out at Yale University to reanimate pig heads:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00046sj

BBC Big Questions (June 2017, Television)

Panelist for episode “Is it ethical to interfere with the genome?”:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08vg018/the-big-questions-series-10-episode-20

 BBC News Hour Extra (July 2016, Radio)

Commentary for: “A flickering flame: Is the Olympic ideal dead?”:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04263n3

BBC World Service (March 2015, Radio)

Commentary on Dutee Chand’s case:

https://soundcloud.com/bbc-world-service/what-makes-a-woman  

BBC Have Your Say (March 2015, Radio)

Commentary on Dutee Chand’s case:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02m31rq

BBC Radio 4 News (March 2015, Radio)

Commentary on Dutee Chand’s case:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05mrc53

BBC World News (February 2015, Television)

Commentary on the case of eugenics victims receiving compensation for sterilization in Virginia:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kDev7pyloM

My work on Caster Semenya has been quoted in mainstream media and other professional outlets:

• CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/12/health/testosterone-and-hyperandrogenism-in-female-athletes/index.html
• Newsweek:http://europe.newsweek.com/why-caster-semenya-and-dutee-chand-deserve-compete-rio-2016-488958?rm=eu
• Los Angeles Daily Newshttp://www.dailynews.com/sports/20160731/wave-of-controversy-surrounds-track-star-caster-semenya
• International Bar Association http://www.ibanet.org/Article/Detail.aspx?ArticleUid=4887edb3-28e2-4546-be2f-6e5f14b7e61f
• Cape Talk Radio:http://www.capetalk.co.za/articles/16007/hyperandrogenic-athletes-don-t-have-competitive-advantage-expert

Here you can download the original IAAF documents on Hyperandrogenism Regulations (they have been taken off website since suspension of regulation in July 2015 following CAS ruling)

IAAF guidelines Eligibility Hyperandrogenism May 2011

IAAF Hyperandrogenism Regulations – Appendices