Caster Semenya ADDED to 800 field in Doha. How fast will she go?

Semenya will be running angry as heck in Doha.

At a minimum she breaks Jelimo's Africa record. But chances are she will go for broke. Her last legal chance to break the record.

That's weird because she wasn't originally listed, like as of one or two days ago.

May not do it but she'll bust a nut trying.

Iou wrote:

That's weird because she wasn't originally listed, like as of one or two days ago.

Yes she was a late entrant. The new rules don't take affect until next week. Great to see her going after it one final time at 800.

wejo wrote:

The new rules don't take affect until next week.

Correct. The rules were republished 1st May following the CAS ruling but they only take effect on 8th May.

Watagatapitusberry wrote:

Caster Semenya is listed as entered in the 800m in tomorrow’s Doha DL. Is she allowed to compete? I know they made an exception to the amount of time an athlete would need to take hormone suppressants before a World Championship, but what is the policy about other international meets?

Full disclosure: I’m trying to decide if I should pick her for my Fantasy Track team as I’m nervous she’ll be a DNS because of the ruling. Hope she’s allowed to compete one last time at 800m before any hormone suppressant effects kick in if she decides to go down that route!

You better pick her. She entered the meet after the ruling. Presumably to go for the record, since it will be her last chance.

So, jog, sprint, cash winner’s check or go out with a bang and finally show the world what she can really run in her swan song?

I'll lol if that happens.

Does anybody honestly believe that Semenya can break the “women’s” WR? Serious question, since it was set by a man.

You heard it here first.

BOOM. You're welcome everybody.

It will be interesting. She hasn't ran an 800 all out in quite awhile, at least not while racing.

I am going with 1:51.99. I assume she has being training as if Doha would be her last chance to run the 800 before the new ruling put into place.

I think the real question is will the IAAF wipe out the record if she does indeed get it.

Sprintgeezer wrote:

Does anybody honestly believe that Semenya can break the “women’s” WR? Serious question, since it was set by a man.

I do believe she can set the record. It really depends if she setup her training to peak for this race. I am very much looking forward to this race.

She will be making the exact point that Seb Coe has been making

To be fair, she is probably more of a woman than the current world record holder was, so I hope she does go balls to the wall and breaks it.

RossiCheated wrote:

So, jog, sprint, cash winner’s check or go out with a bang and finally show the world what she can really run in her swan song?

I think she runs it all out. I don't think she has any interest in just running for a check.

Dogfish wrote:

It will be interesting. She hasn't ran an 800 all out in quite awhile, at least not while racing.

I am going with 1:51.99. I assume she has being training as if Doha would be her last chance to run the 800 before the new ruling put into place.

I think the real question is will the IAAF wipe out the record if she does indeed get it.

That's a great idea. Since we can't officially convict the current 800m WR holder for PED's anymore, it would be great if Caster breaks the WR, only to have it completely resetted by the IAAF applying the new law with retrospective effect.

Maybe she'll intentionally lose the race (like she did at the 2012 Olympics?) just to make people thing she doesn't have too much of an advantage

Imagine the excitement if someday a real woman beats both of them.

Jetagimath wrote:

She will be making the exact point that Seb Coe has been making

With the ruling already in the point has been made. No need to sandbag anymore, especially if she plans to no longer run the 800.