Long jumper Ruswahl Samaai scored SA’s only win of the Diamond League meeting in Rabat on Sunday night as Caster Semenya’s challenge in the women’s 400m ended tamely. Semenya‚ the Olympic 800m champion‚ went up against 400m counterpart Shaunae Miller-Uibo of Bahamas‚ but she never got close. Semenya‚ unbeaten in 25 races over two laps‚ ended second last in a slow 51.53 sec — more than a second off her 50.40 personal best and way behind Miller-Uibo‚ the winner in 49.44. Semenya has not run an 800m since mid-June and will do so again at the next Diamond League meeting in Monaco on Friday night‚ the last before the world championships in London in August. Samaai won the men’s long jump after an early ding-dong battle with American Jarrion Lawson. Both had competed at the Rio Games‚ where Lawson ended fourth and the South African ninth. But on Sunday night Samaai had the better of his US rival. Samaai‚ the 2014 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist‚ took the lead with an opening effort of...
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