Caster Semenya to line up as favourite in the 1,500m in Doha
Newly crowned Commonwealth Games 800m and 1,500m champion Caster Semenya will kick off her Diamond League campaign in the longer event in Doha on Friday evening‚ lining up as favourite in a field missing the world’s best. Semenya is competing for the first time since the athletics world governing body‚ the IAAF‚ announced it was introducing new regulations limiting athletes with hyperandrogenism competing internationally in events from the 400m to the mile. The rules‚ which will kick in late in 2018‚ are widely considered controversial. Semenya‚ the Olympic and world 800m champion‚ was third in the 1,500m at the world championships in London in 2017. But the field in Qatar will feature neither Olympic and world champion Faith Kipyegon of Kenya nor Jennifer Simpson‚ the American who took the Olympic bronze and world championship silver. Simpson is racing in the 3‚000m‚ going up against the likes of Hellen Obiri‚ Kenya’s 5‚000m world champion. In terms of personal bests‚ only Winny Ch...
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