Semenya targets 1500 at London Olympics

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DURBAN (Reuters) - Caster Semenya, South Africa's 800 metres world champion, has also targeted the 1500 at this year's world championships and the 2012 London Olympics.

Semenya shot to fame when she won the 800m world title in Berlin in August 2009 before an enforced break of almost a year after undergoing gender verification tests.

The 20-year-old said on Friday that competing in the both the 1500 and 800, would aid her in her quest for success in the world championships, in Daegu, South Korea this August, and in London.

"As part of my preparation it is important to go long. I'm not only looking to run it (1500) at the world champs but also at the Olympics next year," Semenya told Reuters by telephone.

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So happy for her. She has been a class act.