Semenya looks back on feats — and towards Tokyo in 2020
As she readies herself for a 2018 that promises to add to her trophy cabinet, Caster Semenya looks back on her extraordinary career and allows herself a shy smile. It has been a journey of glory, accusation, redemption and peace. Semenya, whose first big competition will be the Laureus World Sports Awards in Monaco at the end of February, believes she has matured from the young girl who shook the world back in 2009. "I would say that Rio [Olympics in 2016] is one of my highlights, and the World Championships in 2009 was the first time I made it to the scene," she said. "But I was a young girl, I had to grow. I had to be mature. I had to find a way to make decisions and how to make right ones and how to pick the wrong ones and take them out. I think winning in 2009 and winning in Rio are the best moments of my life." Semenya’s season will officially begin with the South African nationals in March and will take in the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, in April and the Afric...
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