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Caster Semenya. Photo: Gallo Images<\/p>\n

Caster Semenya<\/a> will attend a low-key track and field meeting \u2013 the Lahti Games \u2013 in Finland on Wednesday, making it nearly 12 months since she last competed.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is running tomorrow in Lahti, Finland<\/a>,\u201d Semenya\u2019s Finnish agent, Jukka Harkonen, confirmed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Semenya had been sidelined by a recurring left-knee injury, and subsequent rehabilitation, since she claimed the silver medal in the women\u2019s 800m final at the London Olympic Games on August 11 last year.<\/p>\n

Harkonen would not divulge details of the target she had set for her first race on return, but he confirmed last month that Semenya would attempt to meet the 2:00.00 qualifying standard for next month\u2019s IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia<\/a>, before the July 29 deadline.<\/p>\n

He said on Tuesday she had not planned any other meetings before the global showpiece, suggesting she would attempt to achieve the required time in Lahti.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo other meets have been agreed,\u201d Harkonen said.<\/p>\n

Harkonen said last month that Semenya was adjusting well after undergoing extensive rehabilitation in an effort to correct an imbalance in her leg strength, which she had struggled with since undergoing surgery as a child.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is recovering very well and practice is going well,\u201d he said at the time. \u2013 Sapa<\/a><\/p>\n

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