World 800m champion, Caster Semenya says she has brushed off a controversial period in her career, and her personal life, and is focussed on a promising future after winning the 800m and 1500m double at the South African Athletics Championships in Durban on Sunday.
The 20-year-old spent almost a year on the sidelines during a gender dispute which ended in July when she was cleared by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to run against women.
"I'm not thinking about those things anymore. That's in the past and I'm looking to the future," Semenya said.
After making a successful return on the international circuit, which included a stunning victory in Milan in September in 1:58.16, she made her first appearance in two years on South Africa's domestic circuit in February.
While she may not have set any times similar to the 1:55.45 that won her the world title in Berlin in 2009, she said she was pleased with her progress.
Semenya's personal best is less than two seconds off the world 800m record, but she insisted she would not concern herself with that mark until she had reached more immediate goals in the next couple of seasons.
"I'm just concerned with winning the World Championships [in Daegu in August] and the Olympics next year [in London]," she said.
"If I win those titles I will take the next step and aim for the record." Semenya clocked 2:02.10 to comfortably win the two-lap race at the national championships after controlling the race from the start.
"I was a little disappointed with my 800m time. I felt that the pace was good, but my time on the first lap was not fast enough," she said.
"I expected to pass halfway in 58 seconds [she went through in 61] but I need to be patient if I want to run a good time."
A little over an hour later she secured the 1 500m title in a botched attempt to help training partner Violet Raseboya win the gold medal.
With Raseboya fading on the last lap, Semenya produced a stunning kick to win in 4:12.93, finishing less than a second ahead of Lebogang Phalula. Raseboya placed third.
"I just wanted to run a good race, but I did not run for me," Semenya said.
"I planned to help my training partner but unfortunately it did not work out." Semenya's coach, Michael Seme, said he had expected his charge to break two minutes in the 800m final, but the weather had not played its part.
He said she would be gunning for a fast time in her specialist event at the inter-provincial meeting in Bellville on April 16.
"It was too hot, but she will run faster than two minutes in Cape Town. She can run 1:58," Seme said.
Semenya's manager, Jukka Harkonen, said she would start her European campaign at the IAAF World Challenge meeting in Dakar, Senegal, on May 28.
Selected Results
Men:
100m:
1 Simon Magakwe 10.31,
2 Roscoe Engel 10.41,
3 Leigh Julius 10.44
200m:
1 Wade van Niekerk 20.57,
2 Thuso Mpuang 20.62,
3 Roscoe Engel 20.94
400m:
1 Lebogang Moeng 45.57,
2 Willie de Beer 45.87,
3 Shane Victor 46.13
800m:
1 Samson Ngoepe 1:45.69,
2 Daniel Nghipandulwa 1:46.62,
3 Andre Olivier 1:46.84
1,500m:
1 Juan van Deventer 3:40.16,
2 Stephen Mokoka 3:40.65,
3 Pharson Magagane 3:40.80
3,000m steeplechase:
1 Ruben Ramolefi 8:14.06,
2 Edwin Molepo 8:29.74,
3 Dean Brummer 8:35.86
5,000m:
1 Tshamano Setone 13:31.87,
2 Gladwin Mzazi 13:32.26,
3 Sibusiso Nzima 13:51.75
10,000m:
1 Stephen Mokoka 28:06.65,
2 Sibusiso Nzima 28:31.51,
3 Lungisa Mdedelwa 28:45.47
110m hurdles:
1 Lehann Fourie 13.65,
2 Ruan de Vries 13.72,
3 Louw Smit 13.97
400m hurdles:
1 LJ van Zyl 47.73,
2 Cornel Fredericks 48.14,
3 Kurt Couto (MOZ) 50.12,
4 PC Beneke 50.42
20km walk:
1 Pierre-Louis de Villiers 1:29.26,
2 Lebogang Shange 1:29.49,
3 Wayne Snyman 1:30.59
High jump:
1 Hubert de Beer 2.15m,
2 JP van der Schyff 2.10m,
3 Ruaan Claasen 2.10m
Triple jump:
1 Thumelo Thagane 16.95m,
2 Aphelele Rasmeni 16.12m,
3 Charles le Roux 16.05m
Discus throw:
1 Victor Hogan 59.86m,
2 Dean Wattrus 54.60m,
3 Jaco Engelbrecht 54.15m
Javelin throw:
1 Robert Oosthuizen 81.18m,
2 Bernard Crous 76.21m,
3 Phil-Mar van Rensburg 74.65m
Women:
100m:
1 Carina Horn 11.68,
2 Cindy Stewart 11.85,
3 Cherese Jones 11.92
200m:
1 Carina Horn 23.47,
2 Sonja van der Merwe 23.82,
3 Cindy Peters 24.26
400m:
1 Tjipekapora Herunga (NAM) 52.70,
2 Rorisang Ramonnye 53.28,
3 Justine Palframan 53.35,
4 Anri Steyn 53.35
800m:
1 Caster Semenya 2:02.10,
2 Mapaseka Makhanya 2:04.52,
3 Mandie Brandt 2:05.21
1,500m:
1 Caster Semenya 4:12.93,
2 Lebogang Phalula 4:13.89,
3 Violet Raseboya 4:16.12
3,000m steeplechase:
1 Teboho Masehla 10:00.01,
2 Nolene Conrad 10:08.98,
3 Christine Kalmer 10:25.33
10,000m:
1 Portia Ngwenya 36:24.95,
2 Funeka Mlwakuhle 37:40.70,
3 Dladla Puseletso 38:03.59
100m hurdles:
1 Claudia Viljoen 13.65,
2 Erika Kleynhans 13.74,
3 Janet Lawless 13.78
400m hurdles:
1 Wenda Theron 56.47,
2 Mariska Meintjies 59.66,
3 Ana Fourie 59.73
20km walk:
1 Susan Swanepoel 1:49.48,
2 Michelle Hopkins 1:51.10,
3 Lesley van Buuren 1:53.13
High jump:
1 Anika Smit 1.85m,
2 Janette Siebert 1.75m,
2 Marcoleen Pretorius 1.75m
Discus throw:
1 Elizna Naude 58.69m,
2 Maryke Oberholzer 53.32m,
3 Simone Meyer 47.52m
Javelin throw:
1 Sunette Viljoen 58.70m,
2 Justine Robbeson 56.25m,
3 Gerlize de Klerk 50.66m