Semenya to attempt double again at Commonwealth Games


Athletics - 76th ISTAF Berlin - Berlin, Germany - August 27, 2017 South Africa's Caster Semenya celebrates winning the Women's 600m REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Caster Semenya will again attempt the 800 metres and 1500m double at next year's Commonwealth Games before setting her sights on a world record.

The 26-year-old South African won gold in the shorter distance and a surprise bronze in the 1500m at the World Championship in London in August.

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