Athletics South Africa says it would be unfair to judge Leonard Chuene solely on his handling of the Caster Semenya gender testing debacle.

A special general meeting of the ASA council was held in Kempton Park on Thursday to discuss Chuene?s future.

The council resolved to back Chuene despite pressure for him to either resign or be fired.

Last weekend, Chuene admitted to lying about knowing of invasive gender tests conducted on Semenya ahead of the World Athletics Championships in Berlin last month.

ASA spokesperson Chris Britz said the council accepted Chuene?s explanation for lying.

?The president may, as the face of the organisation but always carrying the mandate of the organisation, have made some enemies. But still the organisation is happy that the president and the leadership acted within the mandate given to it.?