Tag: Caster Semenya

Semenya Bids for 5,000 Meters Slot at Tokyo Olympics

CAPE TOWN—Caster Semenya, denied an opportunity to win a third successive Olympic 800 meters gold, will on Friday attempt to qualify for the Tokyo Games over 5,000 meters. Semenya will run in a meeting in Durban where she must dramatically improve her personal best over the distance to be able to go to the Olympics…


Still Too Fast: Caster Semenya Arrested for Speeding

CAPE TOWN, South Africa—Olympic champion Caster Semenya was sentenced to 50 hours of community service for speeding while driving in South Africa, prosecutors said Wednesday. The runner was arrested last Thursday and released on $35 bail, the National Prosecuting Authority said in a statement to The Associated Press. Semenya appeared in court in the capital,…