ATHLETICS NEWS - Leading a lone South African charge in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Thursday night, middle-distance runner Caster Semenya is expected to deliver another explosive performance at the eighth leg of the IAAF Diamond League series.
Semenya, who has already booked her place in this season's Diamond League final over the 800m distance, is lying in seventh place with eight points in the 1 500m series standings after winning her only Diamond League outing over the metric mile when she set a national record of 3:59.92 in Doha in May.
She will look to close the gap on 1 500m series leader Laura Muir of Great Britain, who has 14 points and keep herself in the running for a potential series double.
Fresh off the South African 800m record of 1:54.25* which she set in Paris last week, the Commonwealth Games champion will need to be at her best once more against a field which includes four of the other six women who have dipped under four minutes in the 1 500m this season.
