Athletics – World Championship Round Up

South African teenager, Caster Semenya, shook off a gender test controversy today to easily win the women’s 800-metre gold medal in Berlin.



Semenya\'s dominating performance in the final came the same day the world’s governing body announced that the 18-year-old runner was undergoing a gender verification test amid concerns she does not meet the requirements to compete as a woman.



Semenya took the lead at the halfway mark and opened up a commanding lead on the field in the last 400 meters to win in a world leading 1 minute, 55 point 5 seconds.