Historic Ruling Declares Dutee Chand, Female Sprinter, Eligible To Compete

In a precedent-setting decision, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has ruled that Dutee Chand, a 19-year-old Indian sprinter, is immediately and unconditionally eligible to compete after being barred from competition because sports officials had deemed her natural testosterone levels too high.

Davies, with a team including partner James Bunting, Carlos Sayao and Justice Morris Fish, successfully represented Ms. Chand, pro bono, before the CAS.

Prior to this decision, an International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) regulation required female athletes with naturally occurring elevated testosterone levels to be suspended or banned outright from competition unless they underwent medical intervention to lower their testosterone levels.