Sports | Caster Semenya Caster Semenya Wins in Return to Track South African teen missed 11 months while undergoing gender testing By Marie Morris Posted Jul 15, 2010 10:54 PM CDT Copied South Africa's Caster Semenya gets a hug from her manager, Finn Jukka Harkonen, as they celebrate her victory in the Lappeenranta Games 800m event in Lappeenranta, Finland, Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo / LEHTIKUVA / Roni Rekomaa) Caster Semenya won the 800m at a minor meet tonight in Finland, her first competition since the IAAF cleared the South African teen to compete as a woman. Looking happy and relaxed, she comfortably dealt with a larger-than-usual crowd and massive media contingent, the Guardian reports. "I felt more and more comfortable as I started to do my thing," she said after running a relatively poky 2:04.22—nearly 10 seconds slower than the time that won the world championship a year ago. "I'm happy to get back to my normal thing," said Semenya, who missed nearly a year of competition while undergoing gender tests. "I'm not going to say I feel bitter about what happened, because I forgot about that thing a long time ago. It was just good to come back. It's a new beginning." Read These Next New Fox star, 23, misses first day after car troubles. Iran's supreme leader makes first public comments since ceasefire. Man accused of killing his daughters might be dead. Her blood isn't compatible with anyone else's. Report an error