For its latest web video series, titled “Birthplace of Dreams,” Nike taps on Olympic champion and South African athlete Caster Semenya. 

On Monday, the athletic brand released a three-minute video starring Semenya, who has been under the intense scrutiny of athletic committees due to speculations around her biological sexual identity. 

According to Outsports, earlier this year, the International Associations of Athletic Federations argued that the South African athlete should be forced lower her natural testosterone before competing after claiming she's “biologically male.” 

“I knew from age five that I’m different than other kids,” Semenya said in the Nike video. “My sister would be like ‘You look like a boy,’” and I’d say “So what? What is that you’re going to do about it?’”

Within the video, the athlete recounts her personal journey to becoming an Olympic champion, revisiting the very spaces she grew up in throughout the Limpopo state of rural South Africa. 

“I don’t think people thought I would be,” she revealed. “Only when you do it; that’s when people start believing that ‘Okay but how far will she go?’”

With heightened negative attention on Semenya’s athleticism as a track star, she has since shifted her focus to building her reputation in another sports arena: soccer. 

In early November, Athletics South Africa (ASA) announced that Semenya would be a part of the Preparation Squad for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Her placement will reportedly be determined by an appeal placed at the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland as it relates to international gender rules on women. 

The 28-year-old has also poured herself into creating a youth sports group called Masai Athletics Club in her home country. 

“There are a lot of kids that look up to me,” she said. “What I’m most grateful for from my parents is that they taught me to love myself. I want them to believe in themselves, but most importantly, they must love one another.”