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EUGENE, OREGON – JULY 20: Caster Semenya of Team South Africa competes in the Women’s 5000m heats on day six of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 at Hayward Field on July 20, 2022 in Eugene, Oregon. Patrick Smith/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Patrick Smith / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Caster Semenya missed out on qualifying for Saturday’s 5000m final at the world championships in her first appearance at the competition since 2017. The South African finished 13th out of 16 runners in her heat in a time of 15:46.12; almost a minute off Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay who came first (14:52.27). Semenya's time was 45 seconds off qualifying for the final.
By Amy Woodyatt, CNN
Caster Semenya's first appearance in a world championships in five years on Wednesday saw the controversy-mired South African fail to qualify for the women's 5 000m finals.
Kazakhstan in the women's 3000m steeplechase on Wednesday. Jeruto clocked the third fastest time in history and a championship record of 8min 53.02sec for the victory at Hayward field, with Ethiopian Werkuha Getachew claiming silver in a national record of 8:54.61.
EUGENE, Ore. : Norah Jeruto set a World Championships record en route to winning the women's 3,000 metres steeplechase gold while China's Feng Bin outdid Olympic champion Valerie Allman in the discus final in Eugene, Oregon on Wednesday.
Caster Semenya's first appearance in a world championships in five years on Wednesday saw the controversy-mired South African fail to qualify for the women's 5000m finals. In roasting mid-afternoon temperatures, Semenya finished 13th in the first of two rounds at Hayward Field, Eugene, in 15:46.12, more than 45sec off the 15th and final qualifying place. "Cooking!" said Semenya post-race.
EUGENE, OREGON: Kenyan-born Norah Jeruto won world gold for Kazakhstan in the women’s 3,000m steeplechase on Wednesday while China’s Feng Bin threw a massive personal best to claim the discus title.