Athletics-Semenya cleared to return to competition - IAAF

Tue Jul 6, 2010 10:12am EDT

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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, July 6 (Reuters) - South African world 800 metres champion Caster Semenya has been cleared to return to competition with immediate effect, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said on Tuesday.

Semenya, 19, has not run competitively since undergoing gender tests at the Berlin world championships last August.

(Reporting by Gene Cherry, Editing by Ed Osmond; to query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)

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