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Semenya won in a world leading time of three
minutes and 59.92 seconds ahead of Nelly Jepkosgei of Kenya and
Habitam Alemu of Ethiopia. She set a national and Commonwealth
Games record of 4:00.71 in winning the gold medal last month.
The South African has been in the spotlight after the sport's
governing IAAF approved an eligibility rule to limit the
advantage of female athletes who, like Semenya, have naturally
higher than normal levels of testosterone.
The International Association of Athletics Federations last week
confirmed new rules, starting from Nov. 1, which effectively
give Semenya a choice of taking medication to restrict her
testosterone or move to longer distance events.
The double Olympic and triple world 800 meters champion did not
let the controversy affect her performance on a dominant evening
for Africans in the middle distance events as Kenya swept the
podium in the men's 800m.
Emmanuel Korir blasted away from his compatriots on the final
strait to win in a time of 1:45.21. Elijah Manangoi finished
second with Nicholas Kipkoech in third.
There was a tight finish in the women's 3,000m as Kenya again
ruled the track. Caroline Kipkirui finished four tenths of a
second ahead of compatriot Agnes Tirop after a tense final lap
in the evening heat, with Hyvin Kiyeng coming third.
Commonwealth Games 400m champion Isaac Makwala failed to
reproduce his Gold Coast form as he finished third in a race won
by Steven Gardiner of the Bahamas in a national record of 43.87
seconds, with Qatar's Abdalleleh Haroun coming home second.
Marie-Josee Ta Lou of the Ivory Coast won the women's 100m in a
personal best of 10.85 seconds, beating 2016 Olympic champion
Elaine Thompson of Jamaica who was third with Nigeria's Blessing
Okagbare-Ighoteguonor finishing second.
American 20-year-old Noah Lyles won the men's 200m in a meeting
record of 19.83 seconds with world champion Ramil Guliyev of
Turkey finishing third.
American Sandi Morris won the women's pole vault with Britain's
Holly Bradshaw coming second.
There were also wins in the men's events for Pedro Pablo
Pichardo of Cuba in the triple jump and home athlete Mutaz Essa
Barshim in the high jump.
(Reporting by Christian Radnedge; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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