JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Caster Semenya will again attempt the 800 metres and 1500m double at next year's Commonwealth Games before setting her sights on a world record. Her coach Jean Verster said the 800m world record would be a priority for Semenya after the April Games at the Gold Coast in Australia. Semenya won the 800m in London in one minute 55.16 seconds, the fastest time in the event since 2008. It is just a matter of getting in the right race with the right pacemaker," said Verster. The world record of 1:53.28 is now almost 35 years old and was set by Czech Jarmila Kratochvilova in Munich in July 1983.

Source: The Star November 14, 2017 09:33 UTC