Caster Semenya to try her hand at both the 800m and 1,500m at world champs
Sprinters Wayde van Niekerk and Akani Simbine will also attempt doubles at the world championships in London, in August
Caster Semenya will join Wayde van Niekerk and Akani Simbine by going for doubles at the world championships in London, in August.Athletics SA (ASA) said in a circular that Semenya wanted to add the 1,500m to the 800m.Van Niekerk will do the 400m-200m double and Simbine the 100m-200m.ASA said its women’s 4x400m relay team had been invited to attend‚ and as a result three athletes were added to the world championship squad of 23.Justine Palframan‚ Gena Lofstrand and Ariane Nel will team up with Semenya and 400m hurdler Wenda Nel for the relay.At least 38 South African athletes had achieved the qualifying standards set by athletics world governing body the IAAF.But ASA imposed tougher standards, which only 18 of those managed to beat.Of the remaining 20 athletes‚ ASA picked only five on discretion‚ although Palframan‚ who was one of them‚ will now get to compete in the 200m after all.Appeals by the other athletes failed.ASA said Lofstrand would be allowed to compete in the 800m‚ even ...
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