Caster cruises to 1 500m gold at Tuks

Cape Town - South Africa's Caster Semenya has cruised to victory in the women's 1 500m final at the ASA Senior Championship at Tuks Stadium on Friday.

Semenya stopped the clock in a time of 4:10:70 to win gold in Pretoria.

Semenya, 27, is preparing for next month's Commonwealth Games where she will compete in the 800m and the 1 500m at the Gold Coast.

Last week, Semenya shattered a 35-year-old South African record in the women's 1 000m at the second leg of the Athletix Grand Prix, also at Tuks Stadium.

READ: 20-year-old smashes Wayde's 200m SA record

Meanwhile, Carina Horn has reclaimed her 100m title stopping the clock in a time of 11.08 seconds, while Simon Magakwe won his seventh SA 100m title with an unofficial time of 10.08 with Henricho Bruintjies and junior national record-holder Thando Dlodlo finishing in a tie for second with 10.15.

The 2018 Commonwealth Games is scheduled from April 4-15 at the Gold Coast in Australia.

.@caster800m races to the 1500m title in a time of 4:10:70 after running pretty much on her own. #TopUpTuks pic.twitter.com/x5BkxlH3Da

— The Games (@thegamessport) March 16, 2018

.@SimonMagakwe (10.07) and @Carinahorn (11.08) have won the SA 100m titles. Great times in the sprint races this week #topuptuks

— Athletics_SA (@AthleticsSA_) March 16, 2018