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Title: Semenya on track to cast off gender controversy
Post by: Shana A on June 08, 2011, 07:36:26 AM
Semenya on track to cast off gender controversy

By Luke Phillips (AFP) – 16 hours ago

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OSLO — Caster Semenya has bucked the controversy over her gender and has now targeted a successful Diamond League campaign in the run-up to the bid to defend her world women's 800m title in August.

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"It wasn't easy to come back after the IAAF ban, but this was the goal," Semenya admitted ahead of Thursday's Bislett Games in Oslo, the fifth of the 14-leg IAAF Diamond League series.