ATHLETICS NEWS - Fresh off her 1000m SA record, Caster Semenya will be chasing the women’s 1500m South African record at the Dal Josaphat Stadium in Paarl on Thursday at the third and final Liquid Telecom Athletix Grand Prix Series Meeting.
In fine form, Semenya broke the 35-year-old record of Ilse de Kock Wicksell on Thursday, 08 March at the second Grand Prix Meeting at Tuks. She will face USA-based Dominique Scott in the 1500m at the 3rd and final Meeting in Paarl. Scott won the SA 5000m title on Thursday 15 March, clocking 16:55.05.
Semenya has already come close to the SA record of 4:01.81, set as far back as 1984 by Zola Budd-Pieterse when she clocked 4:01.99 in Durban on 24 June 2016 at the Africa Championships. The World Championship bronze medalist over 1500m has already raced the metric mile once in 2018, clocking 4:23.26 in Tshwane on 03 February. Not much should be read into this performance though, especially after her blistering 2:35.43* SA 1000m record.
