Semenya to compete at Commonwealth Games

Caster Semenya will return to major competition at the Commonwealth Games in India after she was included in South Africa's team today.



The country's Olympic committee named the 800-metre world champion as one of 32 athletes, swimmers, cyclists, power lifters and rugby sevens players added to South Africa's initial 115-strong team for the games in Delhi.



Semenya has won all three of her comeback races since she was cleared to run by world athletics body, the International Association of Athletics Federations, following an 11-month break because of a gender dispute.



She beat a strong field at the ISTAF meet on her return to Berlin on Sunday to continue her winning return to the sport, although public comments by at least two athletes, questioning Semenya's eligibility, have reignited the debate over the teenager's gender status.



Semenya will run later this week at the Diamond League final in Brussels and at two meets in Italy as she continues her preparations for the Commonwealth Games.