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Clean sweep for SA's Caster Semenya

7 Aug 2018

South Africa's Caster Semenya wowed again over the weekend, claiming gold at the 21st African Athletics Championships in Asaba, Nigeria.

Caster Semenya. Image by Tab59 from Düsseldorf, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Semenya won gold at the women’s 800m final on Sunday, 5 August, breaking the African record held by Maria Mutola. Now retired Mutola, who hails from Mozambique, set the record at the 1993 African Championships held in Durban.

Sunday’s win follows on last Friday’s record winning feat, where the Olympic gold medallist broke the record in the women’s 400m final. The 18-year-old record was held by Heide Seyerling.

The championship kicked off on Wednesday and concluded on Sunday.

Source: SAnews.gov.za

SAnews.gov.za is a South African government news service, published by the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS). SAnews.gov.za (formerly BuaNews) was established to provide quick and easy access to articles and feature stories aimed at keeping the public informed about the implementation of government mandates.

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