Semenya camp slams Coe for opening 'old wounds' in interview

Caster Semenya accused IAAF president Sebastian Coe of opening "old wounds" in an Australian newspaper interview, where he said the two-time Olympic 800-meter champion and other female athletes with high levels of naturally occurring testosterone were a threat to "the sanctity of fair competition".

In a response released on Wednesday, Semenya's lawyers said Coe's comments and the Daily Telegraph's "distorted" reporting - the newspaper referred to the South Africa runner as "muscle-packed" and "unbeatable" - reminded her of how she was scrutinized and judged at her first world championships in 2009, when she was 18.

Back then, Semenya won the 800m title a day after it was revealed she underwent gender tests ordered by the IAAF, partly because of her muscular physique.