Dutee Chand An Indian sprinter has been banned from the Commonwealth Games due to naturally-occurring high testosterone levels. National 100 metre champion Dutee Chand, 18, has been told she can’t compete “as a woman”. The Sports Authority of India says she will “be able to compete in the female category in future if she takes proper medical help and lowers her androgen level to the specified range”. It says it has simply followed the guidelines provided by the International Association of Athletics Federations and the International Olympic Committee. “This test does not determine the athlete’s gender. IOC and the IAAF have banned gender-verification tests. We are therefore simply trying to find out if the athlete has excess androgen in her body.” The athlete has told media she is completely shattered.
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First published: Monday, 21st July 2014 - 12:09pm