Two-time Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya has denied reports that the South African Government are paying her legal fees as her appeal against an International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) ruling, which could see her banned from competing against women, continues.
The 28-year-old, also a three-time world champion, is four days into a tribunal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, (CAS) which is set to decide whether she must take medication to reduce her testosterone levels.
The South African has abnormally high levels of the hormone in her system due to differences of sexual development, (DSD) and the IAAF has long claimed it gives her an unfair advantage over women with normal testosterone levels.
Last year they attempted to introduce a rule, which if upheld by the CAS, would force Semenya either to take medication to suppress the hormones creation, or compete against men, but Semenya launched a legal challenge against the ruling and a case at the CAS is now underway.