<p>The female boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting have faced intense scrutiny after the International Boxing Federation claimed the athletes had previously failed a gender eligibility test. CNN's Christina Macfarlane speaks with two-time Olympic track and field champion Caster Semenya, who has been deemed <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2024%2F08%2F10%2Fsport%2Fcaster-semenya-imane-khelif-olympics">ineligible to run</a> for similar reasons, but is fighting her case at the European Court of Human Rights. </p>
Semenya reacts to controversy about Olympians' gender, echoing her own

The female boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting have faced intense scrutiny after the International Boxing Federation claimed the athletes had previously failed a gender eligibility test. CNN's Christina Macfarlane speaks with two-time Olympic track and field champion Caster Semenya, who has been deemed ineligible to run for similar reasons, but is fighting her case at the European Court of Human Rights. 

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<p>The female boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting have faced intense scrutiny after the International Boxing Federation claimed the athletes had previously failed a gender eligibility test. CNN's Christina Macfarlane speaks with two-time Olympic track and field champion Caster Semenya, who has been deemed <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2024%2F08%2F10%2Fsport%2Fcaster-semenya-imane-khelif-olympics">ineligible to run</a> for similar reasons, but is fighting her case at the European Court of Human Rights. </p>
Semenya reacts to controversy about Olympians' gender, echoing her own
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