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Johannesburg - World 800m champion Caster Semenya will attend a three-week training camp organised by the Caster Semenya Sports Academy (CSSA) from Monday, joining a group of 30 athletes in Pretoria until July 7.
"Semenya, who is president of the academy, says she is excited that she is giving these athletes an opportunity to strive for international sporting championship," the CSSA said in a statement on Sunday.
"We have a group of highly talented upcoming athletes who still require an intensive development plan. These athletes are between the ages of 14 and 18 years and our target is to prepare them for the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games in London and Brazil respectively."
Semenya expects to hear this month whether or not the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) will allow her to run against women after gender tests were conducted on her last year.
The 19-year-old initially announced that she hoped to return to competition at a meeting in Zaragoza, Spain, next week, but that event has since been cancelled for financial reasons. She has not yet given an indication of where or when she might return, if given the green light by the IAAF.
Last week sports minister Makhenkesi Stofile called a press conference with Semenya, but it was cancelled at the last minute.
Semenya's lawyers later said they needed to present a medical team's findings to the IAAF before making the announcement, which is expected to shed some light on her future.
The IAAF, however, would not comment, saying that Semenya's case was an ongoing process.
Apart from Semenya, the CSSA camp will be attended by a number of elite South African athletes, including national 1 500m and 10 000m champion Stephen Mokoka.
According to the CSSA statement, the camp "will include various empowerment programs such as career guidance, life skills development and motivational talks."
"Semenya, who is president of the academy, says she is excited that she is giving these athletes an opportunity to strive for international sporting championship," the CSSA said in a statement on Sunday.
"We have a group of highly talented upcoming athletes who still require an intensive development plan. These athletes are between the ages of 14 and 18 years and our target is to prepare them for the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games in London and Brazil respectively."
Semenya expects to hear this month whether or not the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) will allow her to run against women after gender tests were conducted on her last year.
The 19-year-old initially announced that she hoped to return to competition at a meeting in Zaragoza, Spain, next week, but that event has since been cancelled for financial reasons. She has not yet given an indication of where or when she might return, if given the green light by the IAAF.
Last week sports minister Makhenkesi Stofile called a press conference with Semenya, but it was cancelled at the last minute.
Semenya's lawyers later said they needed to present a medical team's findings to the IAAF before making the announcement, which is expected to shed some light on her future.
The IAAF, however, would not comment, saying that Semenya's case was an ongoing process.
Apart from Semenya, the CSSA camp will be attended by a number of elite South African athletes, including national 1 500m and 10 000m champion Stephen Mokoka.
According to the CSSA statement, the camp "will include various empowerment programs such as career guidance, life skills development and motivational talks."
