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South Africa's Semenya grabs 800m gold in Rio

Xinhua, August 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

South Africa's Caster Semenya set a national record to win the gold in the women's 800m at the Rio Olympics on Saturday.

The 25-year-old clocked one minute and 55.28 seconds to beat Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba by 1.21 seconds. Kenya's Margaret Nyairera Wambui pocketed bronze in a personal best of 1:56.89.

It was Semenya's second Olympic medal after her silver medal in the 800m at the London 2012 Games. Endit