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Caster Semenya Wins 800 at Notturna di Milano Meet

By Quibian Salazar-Moreno on Sep 10th 2010 11:36AM
Filed under: Women's Sports

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Caster Semenya wins 800 at Notturna di Milano meet

Since Caster Semenya's comeback to the track, her performance has been a bit lackluster. The South African runner and Olympic favorite was suspended for 11 months while officials conducted an investigation to see if she was physically qualified to compete against other women. Once she was cleared, she ran three races and lost them all.
But she returned to form this week in Milan, Italy, at the Notturna di Milano meet. She won the 800-meter race with a time of 1 minute, 58.16 seconds, defeating France's Hind Dehiba.
"I feel pretty happy," Semenya told the Associated Press. "I wasn't expecting a fast race, but my coach told me to run my own race, even if it was fast. We have been looking to run 1:58 and it is good for us to build up to that time. What I need to do now is concentrate on my next race and not worry about what is written about me."


This was her last race before the Commonwealth Games begin in New Dehli in October. Semenya's coaches hoped that she would get back in to the swing of the in time for the competition. Even though she did win this race, though, Semenya knows she still has a lot of work ahead of her to catch up with the rest of the athletes who started the season on time.
"I'm going home and will just do some basic training sessions," Semenya said. "It is the same training as the last few weeks and I will try to keep doing the same times."


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