World Athletics introduced new rules that saw a few champions being barred from the Olympic games.
Briefly Newstakes a look at four athletes who were not allowed to compete in the Tokyo Olympics 2020.
Caster Semenya
Caster Semenya is a two-time Olympic double 800-metre gold medallist.
A few athletes are not allowed to compete in the Olympics because of their testosterone levels. Image: Ian MacNicol, Sam Barnes, Mark KolbeSource: Getty Images
She is currently in a legal battle with World Athletics to have this overturned.
Due to excessive testosterone levels, she was also forbidden from competing in her favoured race.
She suggested that World Athletics comes up with a new category to include intersex people, according toInsider.
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Francine Niyonsaba
In the 2016 Olympics, silver medallist Francine Niyonsaba competed alongside Wambui and Semenya.
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