South Africa's Semenya Shatters 600m Record in Berlin

At the penultimate leg of the IAAF World Challenge series in Germany, Caster Semenya bested the previous 600-metre world record set by Cuban athlete Ana Quirot in Spain, 26 years ago.

South Africa's Caster Semenya (file photo).

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