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FILE - In this Sunday, June 30, 2019 file photo, South Africa's Caster Semenya smiles after winning the women's 800-meter race during the Prefontaine Classic, an IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting, in Stanford, Calif.. Caster Semenya has signed for a South African soccer club and may be considering giving up track and field. The Olympic 800-meter champion, who is currently in a legal battle with the IAAF over her right to compete without taking testosterone-suppressing medication, said she has joined women's club JVW FC. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Semenya to finally get her gold medal from 2011 worlds

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FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012 file photo, Russia's Maria Savinova celebrates as she crosses the finish line ahead of South Africa's Caster Semenya to win the women's 800-meters final at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London. Russian runner Maria Savinova has been given a date to appeal against her 4-year doping ban and being stripped of the 2012 Olympic 800-meter title she won ahead of Caster Semenya. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Monday, Nov. 6, 2017 Savinova's appeal against the IAAF and the Russian track federation will be heard Dec. 4. A verdict should follow within weeks. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)

Russian runner Maria Savinova appeals against doping ban

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Russian runner Savinova could lose European award for doping

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FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2012 file photo Russia's Mariya Savinova, left, is congratulated by South Africa's second placed Caster Semenya after winning the women's 800-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London. Savinova has been banned for four years for doping by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 and stripped of the Olympic gold medal from 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, file)

Russian Olympic champion Savinova stripped of gold, banned

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