04 Sep 2016

Semenya powers to victory in Berlin

Cape Town - It seems there is no stopping Caster Semenya's dominance of the women's 800m event in 2016.

After winning Olympic gold in Rio in August, Semenya won her first race on here return to the track at the Zurich Diamond League event on Thursday night.

She followed this up with yet another win, this time at the prestigious Berlin ISATF event on Saturday evening.

Semenya finished in a time of 1.55:68, nearly two seconds ahead of Francine Niyonsaba (Burundi) who crossed the line in 1.57:58 with Eunice Sum of Kenya in third in a time of 1.57:95.

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