Rabat, June 14 -- The Royal Moroccan Athletics Federation (FRMA) has banned South African Olympic champion and intersex athlete, Caster Semenya from running the 800 meters in Morocco.

She was denied entry into the Diamond League competition, despite Switzerland's highest court finding the athlete fit to run.

The FRMA, giving no reasons, denied her request to race in Rabat this weekend.

The Swedish International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) regulations state that XY chromosome athletes with differences in sexual development can only compete in women's events at distances from 400m to 1500m if they take medication to reduce their natural testosterone levels.

The IAAF argues that testosterone's muscle-building capacity and...