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Caster Semenya's hearing at the European Court of Human Rights is set for 15 May. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Caster Semenya's hearing at the European Court of Human Rights is set for 15 May. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya on Friday appealed for help funding her legal battle against regulations requiring female athletes with high testosterone to take medication as she prepares for a May hearing at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

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The 33-year-old South African athlete won a long legal battle last July against Switzerland at the ECHR, which ruled she was the victim of discrimination from the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport.

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