African junior champs: 800m WL for Caster Semenya (1:56.72)

[carfu]

For those who are interested by the event, we are trying to offer some coverage on our AAU Facebook Page

http://www.facebook.com/pages/African-Athletics-United/89162441451

which you can access whether you have a Facebook account or not.

[cacique]

carfu and others,

my bookmarks for addis ababa 2008 and algiers 2007 are no longer valid. any where on the web we can find those results?????

[carfu]

Hi Cacique,

check this page from Tunisian statistician Moncef Glenza's website.

http://tunisathle.africa-web.org/Even.htm

[cacique]

thanks. amazingly enough, my public library has blocked access to this site. do they think it's a pornographic site???? ridiculous!

[The Captain]

Caster Semenya (RSA) just won the girls' 800 in 1:56.72!!!!!!

Makes Jelimo look rather feminine ...

[Powell]

Caster Semenya (RSA) just won the girls' 800 in 1:56.72!!!!!!

Makes Jelimo look rather feminine ...

:shock:
Where'd you find that info?

[The Captain]

http://maa.mu/COCAJ2009/schedule.html

[Powell]

Thank you.

As for the way she looks, well... here's a pic: http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=49644.html

[IFK_Vaxjo]

OMG! I wouldn't ant to meet that girl in a dark street...

Might be a teen contest in Berlin.

Semenya-Veesey-Jelimo. Tell me someone who tought that prediction was a serious one 6 months ago...

[3]

Ms. Semenya clocked a national junior record of 2'00"58 at altitude in March then went into a phase of three months of hard training. Her desire was to simply break sub-2. Ms. Semenya is the 4th of 5 kids and runs at 64kg/170cm.

[Alexm]

This deserves it's own thread!

What with Jelimo last year and now this.

I suppose if she runs to school everyday, like those talented Kenyans do, then it stands to reason such women can make impovements.....

:roll:

[tandfman]

Semenya is also supposed to be running the 1500 in this meet. Her PR is 4:16.43. She's only 18 and will be eligible for next year's World Juniors.

[croflash]

Holy moly :shock:

This surely deserves its own thread.

[carfu]

I changed the title of the thread because I don't expect that many other performances of that level at the meet.

[3]

I suppose if she runs to school everyday, like those talented Kenyans do, then it stands to reason such women can make impovements.....

Ms. Semenya is from South Africa, not Kenya. When Ms. Semenya ran that 2'00"58 at the Yellow Pages meeting in Germiston in March, she took down Zola Budd's national junior record. It is really a remarkable achievement for Ms. Semenya, who failed to qualify for the World Junior final in Bydgoszcz last season.