Caster, South Africa's silver star

For Caster Semenya it does not matter if you start in the back or in the front, it matters how you finish . And she knew that very well then she found herself in the last place at the start of the finals for the Women's Olympic 800m race and ended with the silver medal around her neck.

Semenya waving the South African flag at the
2012 Olympic Games

She made many South Africans proud when she finished in second place behind Russia's Mariya Savinova (1:59:19). This was Semenya's best race this season with the time of 1:57:23. She will cherish that silver medal, especially after the 3 difficult years she had experienced. After she won the gold medal in the World Junior Championships in 2008 allegations arose and she was forced to undergo a gender test which sidelined her for almost a year because the Track and Field Governing Body were deciding whether she could compete again or not. Despite all she has been through, she rised to the top at the Olympic Games- finishing in second place.

"I see a pretty good future for me now," Semenya said. And we all know what that she meant by that...hopefully a gold medal in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. Taking in perspective what she went through the last 3 years, all the media attention she received, she still managed to do very well in her first Olympic Games. Only a better, more golden future can be expected from the country's silver star.