Caster Semenya got silver

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Great race, unfortunately her first lap let her down. Whether she lacks the confidence/ability/correct strategy; I am not to sure but nevertheless she did us proud, especially her last 200m were phenomenal.

intel8080 said:
Why do you always point out some insignificant writing mistake, when you run out of reasoning power. This avoidance tactic is sooo well known among the ANC 'elite'. Not everyone is using a device with a spell checker. Do you think we are all stupid and only you manage to figure out the typo? WTF
Semenia did what she could and the result is not bad at all. If any of you think she did bad, you are welcome to show how it should be done. I wonder if the silver was not intentional. And who can blame her.
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intel8080 said:
Why do you always point out some insignificant writing mistake, when you run out of reasoning power. This avoidance tactic is sooo well known among the ANC 'elite'. Not everyone is using a device with a spell checker. Do you think we are all stupid and only you manage to figure out the typo? WTF
Semenia did what she could and the result is not bad at all. If any of you think she did bad, you are welcome to show how it should be done. I wonder if if silver was not intentional. And who can blame her.
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*I wonder if silver
 
modern10 said:
Ya crap coach. Her coach is only a multiple Olympic and world champion - Maria Mutola. Do your research buddy
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This. She placed 8 and 9 in events coming up to this tournament. She did season best and placed second in the Olympics. A large part because of her new coach. She could have won but there were a couple of things that played against her. The American went like a bat out of hell in the beginning and this meant the race was much faster than she would have liked. The Russian also kicked at the same time she did but was much further forward in the group. She needed to kick a bit earlier. All lessons that she will need to learn. She has not really been competing a lot and will need to get back into it. She will also need to learn to deal with the faster races better.
 
Silver is great for Semenya and Team SA. Gold would have been the cherry on top of a thoroughly enjoyable games, but she ran a fantastic final 150m to claim second. She is young enough to be a real challenge for the foreseeable future.
 
Eskimos said:
Great race, unfortunately her first lap let her down. Whether she lacks the confidence/ability/correct strategy; I am not to sure but nevertheless she did us proud, especially her last 200m were phenomenal.
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I don't think she was bad in her first lap. She just needed to start running hard at the start of the second lap instead of at the 300m mark. For example, look at this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LHid-nC45k&feature=player_embedded

He also kicked in the last 300 but made sure he wasn't too far behind the danger people. She was a bit too far back from the danger people and she had plenty left in her when she crossed the line so could easily have gone at 400m out.
 
McT said:
Silver is great for Semenya and Team SA. Gold would have been the cherry on top of a thoroughly enjoyable games, but she ran a fantastic final 150m to claim second. She is young enough to be a real challenge for the foreseeable future.
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+1 thanks for the positivity
 
twicode said:
Look like she intentionally did not win.
She didn't look tired in the slighest.
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I agree! I think she intentionally didn't win because of the bad publicity she would have received if she won. People might say she won because of her unusually high testosterone levels (for a woman) or because she has internal testes, no womb, no ovaries, etc. Just before the race began and during the introductions of the athletes, Caster Semenya was mentioned by the British TV commentator as "the controversial" South African athlete. So if she won, her win would have been controversial. To be honest, I'm glad she won silver and not a Gold medal.
 
i have calmed down a bit. i am very happy for her. i think i was so very dissapointed because i really was expecting a gold from her....and also be because she is very capable of doing it.
 
At least Caster finished inbetween 2 Russian chicks.
There needs to be balance.
 
Not sure what all the hate is for.

I say well done, my boy...
 
Its not funny business.

Ask Lady Gaga how she puts up with the media attention.

Its hard to get away from the cold hard truth...



Btw... Have you heard Caster speak on radio ?
 
Can't believe you guys are so rude. This is a person you are talking about and it's disgusting how you can joke like that. Shame on you.
 
DJ... said:
Not sure what all the hate is for.

I say well done, my boy...
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Is it just me or does Caster have significantly more breast tissue compared to when she competed in the IAAF Champs?

Regarding the race, I cannot help but think it was an intentional silver. She ran the last 100m like a bat out of hell and did not appear tired at all in the end.
 
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