‘Distance makes sense:’ Semenya pins Olympic hopes on 5,000

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Caster Semenya won the 5,000-meter race at the South African national championships in a personal-best time and then said she’s likely to focus on long-distance events for the rest of her career. The 5,000 appears to be her best chance of running at this year’s Tokyo Games after being been banned from the 800 because of World Athletics’ contentious testosterone rules. Semenya’s time of 15 minutes, 52.28 seconds in the 5,000 was outside the Olympic qualifying mark of 15:10.00. Semenya is a two-Olympic champion in the 800. She has until the end of June to qualify for the Tokyo Games.