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South Africa: Caster Semenya Set for New Career in Football
Premium Times, 6 September 2019
Multiple gold medallist and 800m and 1500m World Champion, Caster Semenya, is set for a new adventure outside athletics as she has joined a female football team, JVW Football Club,… Read more »
Change of Pace for Caster Semenya as Champ Opts for Soccer
Gold medalist Caster Semenya, an 800m and 1,500m world champion, has been at the centre of controversy with the IAAF who has barred her from competing in her specialty 800m, due to a medical condition hyperandrogenism, that they said provides her with an unfair advantage over other athletes. She has taken the matter to the Court of Arbitration in Switzerland which overturned the IAAF decision and then reversed it, leaving the athlete's career hanging in the balance. Now Semenya is considering exchanging her spikes for soccer boots.
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World and Olympic champion Caster Semenya has extended her four-year unbeaten streak in the 800m on Sunday after cruising to victory at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League ... Read more »
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Two-time Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya, who made headlines following her legal battle with the International Association of Athletics Federations over it's gender ... Read more »
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Long-distance athlete Caster Semenya will not be able to defend her 800m crown at the world championships in Doha later this year. This comes after a Swiss judge reversed a ruling ... Read more »
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Caster Semenya faces a daunting task in getting the Swiss Federal Tribunal to overturn a verdict by the Court of Arbitration for Sport as the Tribunal has shown deference to the ... Read more »
