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'Distance makes sense:' Semenya pins Olympic hopes on 5,000
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PRETORIA – Caster Semenya won the 5,000-meter race at the South African national championships on Thursday in a personal-best time and then said she's likely to focus on long-distance events for the rest of her career.
That could be her best hope of running at this year's Tokyo Olympics after being barred from defending her 800-meter title. The two-time Olympic champion won the 5,000 in 15 minutes, 52.28 seconds at Tuks Athletics Stadium at the University of Pretoria.
That was outside the Olympic qualifying standard of 15:10.00 but Semenya has until the end of June to qualify for Tokyo. Although the nationals are South Africa's main trials for the Olympics, athletes only need to register a qualifying time once at any recognized meet before
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