Semenya eases to victory in women’s 5 000m
17 March 2019
African News Agency (ANA)
Caster Semenya might conquer a new distance this season judging by her victory in the women’s 5 000m at the Gauteng North Athletics Championships at the University of Pretoria on Saturday.
The 28-year-old eased to the win in 16 minutes 11.59 seconds.
For the first few laps of the 5 000m Semenya, Glenrose Xaba and Carmie Prinsloo were taking turns to set the pace. As expected it was Semenya who slowly turned up the heat starting to lap most of the other athletes.
Over the last three laps, Glenrose was also not able to keep up and finished some way behind in 16:53.61 with Prinsloo third in 17:11.13. Earlier in the morning, Semenya won the 1500m in 4:14.69.
In the women’s hammer thrower, Tuks athlete Margo Pretorius, who won in 61.75m becoming only the third South African female athlete to go past 60 metres. Her previous best was the 59.14m she threw during last year’s inaugural World Cup in London.