Caster Semenya scored a partial victory at the European Court of Human Rights in her legal battle against sex eligibility rules in athletics. The court ruled that her rights to a fair hearing were violated during her previous appeal before Switzerland's Supreme Court. Although the case will return to the Swiss federal court, the ruling does not affect the existing World Athletics rules that impacted Semenya's career. The European court awarded Semenya $94,000 for costs and expenses related to her case.
The court's 17-judge highest chamber said in a 15-2 ruling on Thursday that Semenya had some of her rights to a fair hearing violated before Switzerland's Supreme Court.
The ruling does not overturn the World Athletics rules that in effect ended Semenya's career running the 800 metres after she had won two Olympic gold medals and three world titles.
The key legal point in Semenya's win was the Swiss Federal Court had not carried out a rigorous judicial review required because Semenya had no choice but to pursue her case through CAS.
The European court's ruling awarded her $94,000 from the state of Switzerland in respect of costs and expenses.
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