Caster Semenya Wins 800m Comeback Race
Caster Semenya won her first race today in a triumphant return to international competition after an 11-month gender controversy. She won the 800 meters at the Lappeenranta Games in Finland with a time of 2:04.22.
The International Association of Athletics Federations last week cleared the 19-year old South African track star to compete as a women after undergoing further gender testing. Semenya sparked controversy last fall after she won gold in the 800 meters at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, as I chronicled in The Decade’s Worst Moments in Running. Read the rest of this entry →
