Semenya wins 400m, 800m, 1500m at South African Championships and sets 2 world leads
Former world 800m champion Caster Semenya made some history at South African championships by winning 400m, 800 and 1500m with in 4 hours on Saturday in Stellenbosch on Saturday.
What makes her victories more impressive is that Semenya clocked two world leads in 400m and 800m in a span of 45 minutes and just few hours later she returned later came back to winto claim the the 1500m title.
Semenya's first win came in the 400m where she clocked a new personal of 50.74. Just 45 minutes later she posted an impressive time of 1:58.45 to win the 800m before putting an end to these championships with a win over 1500m in 4:10.93.
In the men's 400m race world champion Wayde van Niekerk clocked a stunning 44.98 for the win. Shaun de Jager was second in 45.90 while Pieter Conradie got bronze in 45.95.
Double victories at these South African championships pulled out distance runner Stephen Mokoka and sprinter Alyssa Conley. Mokoka managed to defend his South African titles as he won the 5 000m and 10 000m. On Friday he won the 5 000m in 13:40.81 , while on Saturday he took the 10000m title with a time of 27:57.50. Conley on Saturday won the women's 100m final in 11.36 seconds, while today she took down the 200m field in 23.01.
On Friday night Henricho Bruintjies took a surprise win in the men's 100m final over world season leader and SA record holder Akani Simbine.
There was an outstanding performances from long jumper Rashmed Samaai, who set a world lead of 8.34m to win the SA title.
Victor Hogan threw a new world leading mark of 67.62m to win the men's discus throw contest.
Elleswhere, LJ van Zyl won the 400m hurdles in 49.34, while Wenda Nel prevailed in the women's 400m hurdles with a time of 54.85 seconds.
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