Safely navigating past the heats Caster Semenya turned in a controlled performance to earn her spot in the women’s 800m semi-final at the Rio Olympic Games.
Semenya posted the sixth fastest time of the heats winning her race in a time of 1:59.31 march into Thursday evening’s semi-final.
In scorching conditions she did not have to expend to much energy to give her a shot at upgrading her silver medal from London 2012 to a silver medal.
“It wasn't easy it was pretty hot outside, I was just trying to hang on and trying to feel my body first so that I can feel comfortable,” Semenya said.
“I just tried to get a top two and in the last 200m tried to win so that I can be safe for the semi-finals.” - Independent Media