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Caster Semenya cruises through to Olympics 800m semi-final with ease

Semenya’s legal team will ask the CAS to declare the new rules as discriminatory.
Semenya’s legal team will ask the CAS to declare the new rules as discriminatory.

Middle-distance runner Caster Semenya began her campaign for a second Olympics medal in the women’s 800m with a comfortable finish and congratulatory tweets streamed in shortly thereafter.

Semenya has advanced to the semi-finals of the women’s 800m after winning heat 2 with a time of 1:59.31.