#Rio2016: South African Caster Semenya wins Gold in Women’s 800m Event as IAAF Presses Case on Whether Should Compete with Other Women
South Africa’s Caster Semenya on Saturday night, won gold – her first olympic medal – in the women’s 800m event at #Rio2016. She crossed the finish line in 1:55.28. The time was her personal best, a new South African national record, and the fifth-fastest time in Olympic history. Behind her, Francine Niyonsaba , the world Indoor champion, grabbed silver in 1:56.49 to win Burundi’s first ever female Olympic athletics medal. Kenya’s Margaret Wambui , 20, won gold after clocking at 1:56.89 – her personal best. Caster’s Rio Olympics campaign has been filled with controversy as to whether she should compete as a woman because of her hyperandrogenism condition. Just two hours before her race, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) ’s president, Sebastian Coe , said again that the governing body will soon go back to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) to try to overturn a decision it took in July, 2015, that the IAAF should provide...