Caster Semenya is Track & Field New’s Women’s AOY!

Caster Semenya, Pre Classic, photo by PhotoRun.net

Semenya is TFN AOY

MOUNTAIN VIEW (USA): Caster Semenya is the TFN Women Athlete of the Year 2018. She collected 17 votes for No. 1. The other nods for the top spot went to Beatrice Chepkoech (7), Shaunae Miller-Uibo (4), Mariya Lasitskene (2) and Caterine IbargÃ¼en (1), who finished as Nos. 2-5 in that order. In sixth position Salwa Eid-Naser ahead of European heroes Nafi Thiam, Sandra Perkovic and Anita Wlodarczyk. In the 10th place Ivory Coast sprinter Marie-Josee Ta Lou.

runblogrurn opines: Caster Semenya has shown her talents all season, from 400m to 1,500m. After her double at the Commonwealth Games, early in the season, Caster Semenya dominated the 800 meters all season long.

Caster Semenya, photo by PhotoRun.net

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