South Africa's Caster Semenya competes during the women's 800m final of Athletics at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 20, 2016. Caster Semenya claimed the title. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- South Africa's Caster Semenya set a national record to win the gold in the women's 800m at the Rio Olympics on Saturday.
The 25-year-old clocked one minute and 55.28 seconds to beat Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba by 1.21 seconds. Kenya's Margaret Nyairera Wambui pocketed bronze in a personal best of 1:56.89.
It was Semenya's second Olympic medal after her silver medal in the 800m at the London 2012 Games.
