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Caster Semenya in action during the 2012 Yellow Pages Series III at Absa Tuks Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa. PHOTO: Lee Warren/Gallo Images

 I'm enjoying my life, everything is falling into place. There is no pressure for me going into my first Olympics.  

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AFTER qualifying for the London Olympics in the 800m, Caster Semenya plans to run under 1min:57sec in Europe as part of her preparations for the quadrennial sports fiesta.

Semenya has lined up two meets in Europe to achieve her goal.

The first meet is in Ostrava in the Czech Republic on May 25, where Semenya will come up against Pamela Jelimo, who won gold at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

Semenya will also feature in the Diamond League meet in Rome, Italy, on June 1.

The 21-year-old will use the two competitions to improve her speed in her quest to win gold on her Olympics debut.

"The focus is on the two events in Ostrava and Rome," said Semenya, who qualified for the Olympics in a time of 1:59.60, dipping under the qualifying standard by 0.3 seconds.

"I'm enjoying my life, everything is falling into place. There is no pressure for me going into my first Olympics. I will use the races in Europe to work on my speed.

"I'm working hard with my coach Maria Mutola to make sure I make the country proud by winning a medal in London and my target is gold. The plan is (to dip) below 1:57 during the European circuit. I will run some 400m races as part of speed training."

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Wed May 22 23:39:15 SAST 2013 ::

Apr 24, 2012

Mosquer

Speed fly
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Apr 24, 2012

Shwabada

All the best the nation is behind you
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Apr 24, 2012

Papage

Go enjoy Girl, in you we are sure of a medal in the olympics
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Apr 24, 2012

MATWEETWEE

whow she can fly indeed
but she look like a Cameron football player in that picture
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Apr 24, 2012

hindsight

ever since the saga, my father believes caster runs slowly intentionally.
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Apr 25, 2012

RraDitamatie

Heita Bra Caster
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