Caster Semenya

Seeing her most intimate details reported and debated in the global media robbed Caster Semenya of the chance to really celebrate winning her first world championship at the age of 18.  

Seeing her most intimate details reported and debated in the global media robbed Caster Semenya of the chance to really celebrate winning her first world championship at the age of 18. After claiming the world 800-metre title in a stunningly fast time at ...  

JOHANNESBURG — Seeing her most intimate details reported and debated in the global media robbed Caster Semenya of the chance to really celebrate winning her first world championship at the age of 18. After claiming the world 800-meter title in a ...  

Caster Semenya, LJ van Zyl, Sunette Viljoen and Khotso Mokoena will be tested as they take on some of the world’s leading athletes in their respective events. Semenya faces women's 800m world champion Mariya Savinova of Russia and Olympic gold medallist ...  

Caster Semenya, LJ van Zyl, Sunette Viljoen and Khotso Mokoena will be tested as they take on some of the world's leading athletes in their respective events. Semenya faces women's 800m world champion Mariya Savinova of Russia and Olympic gold medallist ...  

“Life is good,” she said here on Thursday, insisting that she now believes that under a new coach, former Olympic champion Maria Mutola, she could be back to her dominant best by London. On Friday, her first major test of the year comes in a ...  

• South African 800m runner takes on Pamela Jelimo• Semenya faces Kenyan in strong field at OstravaCaster Semenya says she dreams of winning Olympic gold in London this summer and dedicating her medal to her nation's hero, Nelson Mandela. How she fares against the defending Olympic champion Pamela Jelimo when the pair compete against each other in Ostrava on Friday night could provide some insight into her chances. The Kenyan has recorded the...  

[Capital FM] Nairobi, Kenya - Olympic and World Indoors women 800m champion Pamela Jelimo strung together a commanding victory over chief rival and 2009 World Champion, South Africa's Caster Semenya as the Ostrava Golden Spike meet went down on Friday.  

It might come as a surprise to some, but Caster Semenya, a medal prospect in the women's 800 metres at the London Olympics, is just 21 years old. She blasted into the public consciousness back in 2009, when she won gold at the World Championships at the age of 18.  

After a late start to 2010 ... the two-minute barrier in South Africa since Zelda Pretorius ran 1:58.35 in 1991. 'A weight off my shoulders' After achieving the qualifying standard for a second time (her first was at the world Championships in Daegu ...  

OSTRAVA – Caster Semenya, with doubts over her real gender long buried in her past, says she is aiming to follow in the footsteps of new coach Maria Mutola, the Mozambique running legend. Mutola, the three-time world outdoor and seven-time world indoor ...  

Categories: Intersex, Olympics, Track & Field, WomenTags: 800m, Caster Semenya, London Olympics, Olympics 2012, South AfricaSouth African middle-distance runner Caster Semenya has qualified for the London Olympics in the 800m. In doing so, she clocked the first sub-2-minute time in South Africa in 21 years. After the historic race, Semenya thanked God: I feel very special to run it after 21-years. I know in 2009 I was nearly there, but...  

CASTER Semenya, with doubts over her real gender now long buried, says she is aiming to follow in the footsteps of her new coach, Maria Mutola, the Mozambique running legend. Mutola, a three-time world outdoor and seven-time world indoor champion ...  

Caster Semenya, with doubts over her real gender long buried in her past, has said she is aiming to follow in the footsteps of new coach Maria Mutola. Mutola, the three-time world outdoor and seven-time world indoor champion, stormed to Olympic gold in the ...  

The race Friday was Semenya's third under new mentor and former Olympic champion Maria Mutola, but likely her last in South Africa before the Olympics. Semenya will head to Europe next month to start her final buildup to the Olympics. She is confirmed to ...  

Caster Semenya, with doubts over her real gender long buried in her past, says she is aiming to follow in the footsteps of new coach Maria Mutola, the Mozambique running legend. Mutola, the three-time world outdoor and seven-time world indoor champion ...  

Semenya looks up to coach Mutola Caster Semenya, with doubts over her real gender long buried in her past, says she is aiming to follow in the footsteps of new coach Maria Mutola, the Mozambique running legend. Mutola, the three-time world ...  

JOHANNESBURG -- Former world champion Caster Semenya qualified for the 800 meters at the London Olympics on Friday. The South African eased concerns about her early season form by running 1 minute, 59.58 seconds in a provincial meet on her home ...  

• South African underwent gender tests at Berlin 2009• 'I'm very happy with my time,' Semenya says after winThe former world 800 metres champion Caster Semenya qualified for the London Olympics when she eased to victory in 1min 59.58sec at a Yellow Pages Series meeting in Pretoria.Semenya, 21, underwent gender tests at the 2009 Berlin world championships where she won the 800m gold medal.She did not compete for almost a year until the...  

Former 800 metres world champion Caster Semenya has qualified for this summer's London Olympics. The South African ran one minute 59.58 seconds in her home city of Pretoria.  

JOHANNESBURG — Former world champion Caster Semenya has qualified for the 800 meters at the London Olympics. The South African ran 1 minute, 59.58 seconds in a provincial meet on her home track at the University of Pretoria on Friday. It is the second ...  

JOHANNESBURG (AP) Former world champion Caster Semenya qualified for the 800 meters at the London Olympics on Friday. The South African eased concerns about her early season form by running 1 minute, 59.58 seconds in a provincial meet on her home track at ...  

euronewsSouth Africa's Caster Semenya qualifies for Olympics in 800 metersSI.comJOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Former world champion Caster Semenya has qualified for the 800 meters at the London Olympics. The South African ran 1 minute, 59.58 seconds in a provincial meet on her home track at the University of Pretoria on Friday.Semenya qualifies for London OlympicseuronewsCaster qualifies for OlympicsIndependent Onlineall 120 news articles »  

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa -- Caster Semenya retained her 800-meter title at the South African championships on Saturday but was still well off the qualifying time for the London Olympics. The world silver medallist led the two-lap final ...  

Caster Semenya added her name to the list of South African athletes that have qualified for the London Olympic Games when she bettered the required A-standard in the 800 metres in Pretoria on the weekend.  

Other South African athletes who have booked places in London are 400m hurdlers LJ van Zyl and Cornel Fredericks, women's javelin thrower Sunette Viljoen and decathlete Willem Coertzen. Long jumper Khotso Mokoena, whose silver was the only medal won by ...  

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa — Caster Semenya retained her 800-meter title at the South African championships on Saturday, while double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius finished seventh in the 400 final. The world silver medallist led the two ...  

The former world champion changed coaches last year, replacing Michael Seme with ex-Olympic 800-metre gold medalist Maria Mutola from neighbouring Mozambique. Other South African athletes who have booked their places in London are 400-metre ...  

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa - Caster Semenya retained her 800-meter title at the South African championships on Saturday but was still well off the qualifying time for the London Olympics. The world silver medallist led the two-lap final almost ...  

Caster Semenya retained her 800-meter title at the South African championships on Saturday but was still well outside the qualifying time for the London Olympics. The world silver medallist led the two-lap final almost from start to finish but could only ...  

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa -- Former world champion Caster Semenya won her first 800-meter race of 2012 but was well outside the Olympic qualifying time in a sluggish season-opening run. Semenya recorded 2 minutes, 3.60 seconds at a meet in ...  

JOHANNESBURG — Olympic hopefuls Caster Semenya and Oscar Pistorius are scheduled to compete at this week’s South African championships. Semenya will run in the 800 meters, while double-amputee Pistorius will run in the 400 in the south coast city of Port Elizabeth.  

Semenya, 400-metre hurdler LJ van Zyl, women's javelin thrower Sunette Viljoen and a 4x400-metre relay team including Van Zyl and double-amputee Oscar Pistorius are considered the best South African athletics medal prospects. Van Zyl is the only ...  

"If there wasn't that (gender) problem she had there, she probably would have been 1:51, 1:52 right now," But the comment drew rebuke from Australia's 2008 World Indoor 800m champion, Tamsyn Lewis, who tweeted: "That makes a mockery of women's 800!  

It was the 2009 world champion and 2011 world silver medallist's first competitive two-lap race under new coach and former Olympic champion Maria Mutola. Semenya said she made an early tactical error but still called her season debut "a good race."  

Port Elizabeth, Apr 16(ANI): South African athlete and former world champion Caster Semenya has said it is only a matter of time before she qualifies for the London Olympic Games, after missing the mark at the South Africa Senior Championships in Port ...  

PRETORIA: Former world champion Caster Semenya won an 800m race in 1:59.58 on Friday to secure a place in the South African team for the Olympic Games.  

PRETORIA (Reuters) - Former world 800 metres champion Caster Semenya qualified for the London Olympics on Friday when she eased to victory in one minute 59.58 seconds at a Yellow Pages Series meeting. Semenya, 21, underwent gender tests at the ...  

PORT ELIZABETH (South Africa): Caster Semenya retained her 800m title at the South African athletics championships on Saturday but was still well outside the qualifying time for the London Olympics.  

PRETORIA: Former world champion Caster Semenya won an 800 metres race in one minute 59.58 seconds on Friday to secure a place in the South African team for the Olympic Games.  

Die frühere 800-m-Weltmeisterin Caster Semenya hat ihr Olympia-Ticket gelöst. Die 21-Jährige, die 2009 in Berlin WM-Gold gewonnen hatte, gewann ... weiterlesenMehr zum ThemaStorls Rivalen schon in FormTriathletinnen enttäuschen bei EM  

Former world champion Caster Semenya qualified for the 800 meters at the London Olympics on Friday. The South African eased concerns about her early season form by running 1 minute, 59.58 seconds in a provincial meet on her home track at the University of Pretoria.  

Caster Semenya darf bei den Olympischen Spielen in London an den Start gehen. Die 21 Jahre alte Leichtathletin schaffte beim Meeting in Pretoria die geforderte Norm. 2009 war die Südafrikanerin wegen Zweifeln an ihrem Geschlecht in die Schlagzeilen geraten.  

800-m-Vizeweltmeisterin Caster Semenya hat im ersten Anlauf die Norm für die Olympischen Sommerspiele in London (27. Juli bis 12. August) verfehlt. ... weiterlesenMehr zum ThemaRadcliffe und Gebrselassie im DuellBoston erwartet "heißen Marathon"Bekele peilt Olympiadouble an"Blade Runner" geht Kraft aus  

Former world 800 metres champion Caster Semenya qualified for the London Olympics on Friday when she eased to victory in one minute 59.58 seconds at a Yellow Pages Series meeting. Semenya, 21, underwent gender tests at the 2009 Berlin world championships ...  

The former world champion Caster Semenya qualified for the 800 meters at the London Olympics. Semenya’s time was 1 minute 59.58 seconds in a provincial meet on her home track at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Semenya burst onto ...  

Former world champion Caster Semenya won an 800 metres race in one minute 59.58 seconds Friday to secure a place in the South African team for the Olympic Games. Semenya is considered the best South African prospect for gold at the Games and relished ...  

Former world women's 800 metre champion Caster Semenya failed to secure a place at the 2012 London Olympic Games when winning the national title on Saturday. Semenya won comfortably from Mandie Brandt in hot and windy conditions at Nelson Mandela ...  

(Adds quotes) PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, April 14 (Reuters) - Former women's 800 metres world champion Caster Semenya has still not secured a place in South Africa's Olympic team ...  

');" > JOHANNESBURG -- Caster Semenya will target a sub-two-minute race in the women's 800 metres final at this weekend's SA Senior Championships in Port Elizabeth, her ...  

Port Elizabeth, Apr 16(ANI): South African athlete and former world champion Caster Semenya has said it is only a matter of time before she qualifies for the London Olympic Games, after missing the mark at the South Africa Senior Championships ...  

Caster Semenya says it is only a matter of time before she qualifies for the London Olympic Games, after she missed the mark at the SA Senior Championships in Port Elizabeth over the weekend. She missed the qualifying time of one minute, 59.90 seconds (1:5 ...  

Ex-Weltmeisterin Maria Mutola ist davon überzeugt, dass Caster Semenya in nächster Zukunft einen 800-m-Weltrekord aufstellen wird. Fünf Monate, ... weiterlesenMehr zum ThemaGriechen-Verband stellt Arbeit ein  

Caster Semenya will target a sub-two minute race in the women's 800 metres final at this weekend's SA Senior Championships in Port Elizabeth, her coach, Maria Mutola, said on Wednesday. Mutola, the three-time world 800 metres champion, said it was vital ...  

Former world 800 metres champion Caster Semenya failed to reach the Olympic qualifying time when she clocked two minutes 3.60 seconds in her return to action after injury in Potchefstroom on Saturday.  

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (Reuters) - Caster Semenya, the former womens' 800 metres world champion, has still not secured a place in South Africa's Olympic team despite victory at the national championships on Saturday. Semenya won the 800m ...  

CASTER Semenya aims to run the women’s 800m final in less than two minutes at this weekend’s SA Senior Championships in Port Elizabeth, the runner’s coach, Maria Mutola, said yesterday. Mutola, the three-time world 800m champion, said it was vital ...  

[SAPA] Port Elizabeth - Caster Semenya says it is only a matter of time before she qualifies for the London Olympic Games, after she missed the mark at the SA Senior Championships in Port Elizabeth over the weekend.  

Former world champion Caster Semenya won her first 800-meter race of 2012 on Saturday but was well outside the Olympic qualifying time. Semenya recorded 2 minutes,  

Former world 800m world champion Caster Semenya, 21, failed to reach the Olympic qualifying time on her return to action after injury in Potchefstroom on Saturday.  

Former world champion Caster Semenya won her first 800-meter race of 2012 but was well outside the Olympic qualifying time in a sluggish season-opening run. Semenya recorded 2 minutes, 3.60 seconds at a meet in northern South Africa on Saturday, nearly 4 seconds off the Olympic standard of 1:59.90. It was the 2009 world champion and 2011 world silver medalist's first competitive two-lap race under new coach and former Olympic champion Maria...  

Former world champion Caster Semenya cruised to victory Saturday in her first 800 metres race of the season without reaching the London Olympics qualifying time.The 21-year-old South African clocked 2:03.60 at a national athletics series meeting in this north-west university town -- well outside the 1:59.90 time needed for a passport to the Games this July and August.Semenya, considered one of the best medal hopes from a country that managed...  

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, April 14 (Reuters) - Caster Semenya, the former womens' 800 metres world champion, has still not secured a place in South Africa's Olympic team despite victory at the national championships on Saturday. Semenya won ...  

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa (AP) — Former world champion Caster Semenya won her first 800-meter race of 2012 but was well outside the Olympic qualifying time in a sluggish season-opening run. Semenya recorded 2 minutes, 3.60 seconds at a meet in northern ...  

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Olympic hopefuls Caster Semenya and Oscar Pistorius are scheduled to compete at this week's South African championships. Semenya will run in the 800 meters, while double-amputee Pistorius will run in the 400. Semenya, a ...  

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa — Former world champion Caster Semenya won her first 800-meter race of 2012 on Saturday but was well outside the Olympic qualifying time. Semenya recorded 2 minutes, 3.60 seconds at a meet in northern South Africa on Saturday ...  

Both are now vying with karate, roller sports, sports climbing, squash, wakeboard and wushu to secure the one place available on the 2020 Olympic program. The IOC will vote at the IOC Session in Buenos Aires. South African sprinter Caster Semenya will ...  

“We did it today and we are just looking forward to the future.” Semenya's coach, three-time world champion Maria Mutola, said Semenya needed a pacesetter to dip below the two-minute mark after two failed attempts earlier in the domestic season.