Semenya vows to race this season

Semenya won gold at the World Championships in 2009

World 800m champion Caster Semenya insisted she will race this season, hours after being told to wait for gender-test results to be revealed.

The 19-year-old has not raced since winning in Berlin, but was reportedly due to run in a meeting at Stellenbosch in South Africa on Tuesday.

However, Athletics South Africa (ASA) said she must wait for governing body the IAAF to reveal the test results.

Semenya said a delay hit her "athletic capabilities and earning potential".

Semenya had the gender-verification tests after winning gold at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin in August 2009.

The teenager has not run competitively since then, but it is believed she wants to return to the track for domestic races.

However, an ASA statement said: "The IAAF has given the assurance of completing the medical process speedily and has requested that ASA abides by the world body's decision not to allow Semenya to participate in track-and-field events until the process has run its course."

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In January the IAAF had said Semenya was free to run competitively despite its ongoing investigation into her gender, but that was quickly contradicted by South African Olympic Committee president Gideon Sam who said she would not be eligible until the IAAF had made its ruling.

Semenya stormed to victory in the 800m final in a time of one minute, 55.45 seconds - 2.45 seconds faster than defending champion Janeth Jepkosgei, from Kenya, who finished second with Britain's Jenny Meadows winning the bronze.

In November, the South African sports ministry said Semenya was entitled to keep her gold.

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