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Johannesburg - Caster Semenya is to receive all the help she needs in a bid to be ready in time for the Commonwealth Games, Athletics South Africa have announced.
According to the UKPA, the world 800m champion was given the all-clear by the International Association of Athletics Federations last week to resume her career.
She is expected to run competitively again on Thursday at a low-key meeting in Lappeenranta, Finland, just days after failing a fitness test arranged at the last minute to check on her readiness for the African Championships.
But ASA said in a statement: "Semenya will work towards reaching peak condition in order to be a part of the action at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India in October. We will assist her in obtaining race opportunities as part of her preparations for the international event."
The 19-year-old has not competed in 11 months following the furore over her gender that erupted with her victory at last year's World Championships in Berlin.
Last Wednesday she failed tests set out by ASA ahead of this month's continental showpiece in Nairobi, falling a few seconds short of the mark.
The tests came barely 24 hours after she was cleared to compete again and it infuriated her coach, Michael Seme.
"How do you pass an exam if you have only been told about it today?" he said.
"One moment we were told she has been cleared, the next moment they just said: test tomorrow. How did they expect us to prepare?"
According to the UKPA, the world 800m champion was given the all-clear by the International Association of Athletics Federations last week to resume her career.
She is expected to run competitively again on Thursday at a low-key meeting in Lappeenranta, Finland, just days after failing a fitness test arranged at the last minute to check on her readiness for the African Championships.
But ASA said in a statement: "Semenya will work towards reaching peak condition in order to be a part of the action at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India in October. We will assist her in obtaining race opportunities as part of her preparations for the international event."
The 19-year-old has not competed in 11 months following the furore over her gender that erupted with her victory at last year's World Championships in Berlin.
Last Wednesday she failed tests set out by ASA ahead of this month's continental showpiece in Nairobi, falling a few seconds short of the mark.
The tests came barely 24 hours after she was cleared to compete again and it infuriated her coach, Michael Seme.
"How do you pass an exam if you have only been told about it today?" he said.
"One moment we were told she has been cleared, the next moment they just said: test tomorrow. How did they expect us to prepare?"
