But when she looks back on an epic world championship 1500m final she might reflect that, not for the first time, she left a major medal slip away. The gap between Muir and a bronze medal was 0.07sec. Shortly afterwards Muir was also asked the inevitable question: whether Semenya, who is an intersex athlete, should have been in the race. Muir did the same – but, having started her finishing kick a touch too early as she chased gold, was running on empty too. And Simpson, who had been thrashed by Muir over a mile in this stadium last month, pounced – along with Semenya.

Source: The Guardian August 07, 2017 21:22 UTC