South Africa's double Olympic 800 meters champion Caster Semenya moved close to qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Games after defending her 5000 meters title and emerging top in a sporting event in Pretoria on Thursday.
Semenya clocked 15:42:28 seconds outside the Tokyo qualifying time of 15:10.
The Tokyo Olympic Games are scheduled for July 23 to August 8th.
Semenya 30, who is among female athletes who usually have a high level of testosterone which gives them added advantage will however not defend her 800 meters title in Japan after she refused to abide by World Athletics's testosterone reducing guidelines.
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