FILE PHOTO: 2016 Rio Olympics - Athletics - Final - Women's 800m Final - Olympic Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 20/08/2016. First placed Caster Semenya (RSA) of South Africa celebrates. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/File Photo
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Caster Semenya is making a bold bid for double gold in the women’s 800m and 1500m but her only guarantee at the World Athletics Championship in London is further scrutiny of the gender controversy that has dogged her career.
The powerful, 26-year-old South African is runaway favourite for the 800m, where she seeks a third world title to add to Olympic gold from Rio de Janeiro last year, and is taking on the 1500m for the first time at a major international meeting.
