{"id":8555,"date":"2012-03-04T02:50:23","date_gmt":"2012-03-04T00:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/athletics-semenya-plans-few-races-before-olympics\/"},"modified":"2012-03-04T02:50:23","modified_gmt":"2012-03-04T00:50:23","slug":"athletics-semenya-plans-few-races-before-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/athletics-semenya-plans-few-races-before-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics-Semenya plans few races before Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

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March 3<\/span> (Reuters) – Former world 800 metres champion Caster
\nSemenya plans to take a “less is more” approach in her build-up
\nto the London Olympics, the South African said on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“I will be looking for a fast time at the SA champs (South
\nAfrica’s national championships in Port Elizabeth in April) and
\nwill then run maybe three or four races before the Olympics,”
\nSemenya told reporters in Bellville, Cape Town.<\/p>\n

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The 21-year-old, now coached by Maria Mutola, was speaking
\nafter making a low-key return to the track, winning her 400
\nmetres race in 53.62 seconds at the inter-provincial meeting.<\/p>\n

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“I’m on track,” Semenya said. “Today was a good race, I am
\nvery happy with where I am and think I could have gone faster if
\nI needed to.”<\/p>\n

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Semenya, who won gold at the 2009 world championships in
\nBerlin and silver at the 2011 edition in Daegu, South Korea,
\njoined forces with Mozambique’s Mutola, herself an Olympic and
\nworld champion over 800 metres, in October.<\/p>\n

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“Maria is really good for me,” Semenya said. “She has not
\nchanged much in my program, but is really working more on my
\nrace tactics and some technique work.”<\/p>\n

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(Writing by Jason Humphries in Durban; Editing by Gene
\nCherry and Ken Ferris ; To comment on this story email
\nsportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)<\/p>\n

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