Former world champion Caster Semenya has qualified for the 800m at the London Olympics.
The South African ran 1 minute 59.58 seconds in a provincial meet on her home track at the University of Pretoria on Friday.
It was her second run inside the standard time of 1:59.90, making her eligible for selection for her first Olympics.
Semenya first ran inside the time when winning silver at last year's world championships in South Korea.
This year, she failed to break 2 minutes in her first two races but found form in a dominant win Friday with help from Namibian pacemaker Herunga Tjipekapora.
She burst on to the scene by winning at the 2009 worlds as a teenager before a gender test controversy sidelined her for 11 months.
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