2016 Rio Olympics - Athletics - Semifinal - Women's 800m Semifinals - Olympic Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 18/08/2016. Caster Semenya (RSA) of South Africa competes. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Caster Semenya qualified for the Olympic women's 800 metres final with supreme ease on Thursday and, barring a catastrophe, appears nailed on for gold in Saturday's final.
The South African, looking as if she was out for a Sunday morning jog, won the third of three semis in the fastest time of the night - one minute, 58.15 seconds - with Britain's Lynsey Sharp chasing her over the line to also advance.
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