An 11-year-old table tennis star, India v Pakistan in the hockey and the Serena of squash are some of the potential highlights
Caster Semenya is a multiple world and Olympic champion, the South African flag bearer and one of the Games’s biggest stars. She also competes under a cloud, with the IAAF threatening to reinstate a ban relating to testosterone levels that the Court of Arbitration for Sport labelled ‘unscientific’ back in 2015. Indian sprinter Dutee Chand won her battle to compete but has failed to qualify, leaving Semenya to deal with an unwelcome distraction alone.
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