A year after her controversial victory, world 800m champion Caster Semenya will be back at Berlin's Olympic Stadium on Sunday as she rebuilds her career after her sex test ordeal.

Controversy has surrounded Semenya since she become world champion, but was then barred from running soon after as the world governing body ordered a sex test and enquiry into her unusually high levels of testosterone.

Last month, she was given the all-clear to resume her career with her first major test set to come at October's Commonwealth Games in India.

She has only been allowed to compete since July 6 and after returning in Finland with times of two minutes 04.22 seconds and 2:02.41, she hopes to keep improving in Berlin.

"I have now run at two meets in Finland and won them both," she said.

"But I cannot be completely satisfied with my times.

"Still, after 11 really hard months in which I’ve been through a lot, I’m looking forward to being on the track once again.” she said

"Now I have to see to it that I really run good races, so as to pick up the thread of my earlier achievements - maybe this time in Berlin."

Despite not being part of the IAAF's Diamond League programme, the Berlin event has still attracted several world champions in Polish hammer-throw Anita Wlodraczyk, Germany's discus-giant Robert Harting and Semenya.

Source: AFP