In Berlin, Semenya eager to forget gender tests

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By NESHA STARCEVIC (AP) – 3 hours ago

BERLIN — Caster Semenya is trying to forget the gender tests that kept her off the track for 11 months. She wants to focus on next year's world championships and the 2012 London Olympics.

Semenya will return to the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on Sunday, the venue where she won the 800-meter world championship title last year before her career was put on hold because of gender tests ordered by the track and field world governing body.
"I don't want to talk about the past. I want to talk about the future," Semenya said Friday. "I am preparing for the Olympics and that's what I want to talk about."

The 19-year-old South African hopes to run under two minutes Sunday in Berlin. She'll compete in the Diamond League final Aug. 27 in Brussels and two meets in Italy — on Aug. 31 in Rovereto and on Sept. 9 in Milan.

She's aiming to make the South African team for the Commonwealth Games in October.

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