South African world champion Caster Semenya crowned her comeback week following an 11-month absence caused by a gender controversy with an easy victory in the 800m at a low-key meeting yesterday.
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Semenya clocked 2min 02.42sec in her favoured event at the Lapinlahti meet, improving by almost two seconds the time she set in her first outing since her lengthy break three days earlier.
Following her win, a smiling Semenya completed a lap of honour although the hard work still lies ahead with yesterday's time a long way off her world title winning run of 1min 55.45sec in Berlin in 2009.
On Thursday, Semenya returned to action at Lappeenrenta, a small town 30km from the Russian border and 150km east of Helsinki.
She won that race in 2min 04.22sec. Yesterday, she faced a more challenging task with three runners in the field having already gone faster than that Thursday time this season.
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