ATHLETICS
Semenya eyes Zola Budd’s decades-old South African 1,500m record
The women's athletics star will race US-based Dominique Scott for the honour
Caster Semenya is looking to break Zola Budd’s 34-year-old South African 1,500m record at the final Liquid Telecom Athletix Grand Prix meeting in Paarl on Thursday. Although there will be no pacemaker to assist her‚ Semenya‚ the World Championship bronze medallist in this event‚ will go up against US-based Dominique Scott‚ holder of the 4min 07.25sec South African indoor record. Semenya‚ winner of the South African outdoor title at the national championships in Pretoria last weekend‚ has already come close to the 4:01.81 Budd posted in Port Elizabeth on March 21 1984. She went 4:01.99 at the African championships in Durban in 2016. "At SAs it is all about the title‚ so the race is more likely to be tactical‚" Semenya said‚ referring to her 4:10.68 effort at the Tuks track on Friday night. "I am really looking forward to Zola’s record. I have the 800m and the 1,000m record so it will be good to get the 1,500m record too‚" she added. Semenya and Scott are both in great shape. Scott‚ w...
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