Caster Semenyas rivalry with Russians

2009
IAAF World Championships SEMIFINALS 1st Caster Semenya (1:58.66) 9th Svetlana Klyuka (2:00.48) FINAL 1st Caster Semenya (1:55.45) 5th Mariya Savinova (1:58.68)

2010
Diamond League, Brussels, Belgium FINAL 2nd Mariya Savinova (1:59.49) 3rd Caster Semenya (1:59.65)

2011
IAAF World Championships, Daegu, South Korea SEMIFINALS 1st Caster Semenya (1:58.07) 2nd Mariya Savinova (1:58.45) FINAL 1st Mariya Savinova (1:55.87) 2nd Caster Semenya (1:56.35, SB) 5th Ekaterina Kostetskaya (1:57.82) 8th Yuliya Rusanova (1:59.74) Diamond League, Zurich, Switzerland FINAL 1st Mariya Savinova (1:58.27) 5th Caster Semenya (1:59.77) 6th Yekaterina Kostetskaya (2:00.06) 10th Yuliya Rusanova (2:03.24) Diamond League, Eugene, USA FINAL 2nd Caster Semenya (1:58.88) 5th Yuliya Rusanova (1:59.59) Diamond League, Oslo, Norway FINAL 2nd Mariya Savinova (1:58.44) 3rd Caster Semenya (1:58.61) 6th Yuliya Rusanova (1:59.65) 10th Yekaterina Kostetskaya (2:05.06) Diamond League, Stockholm, Sweden FINAL 7th Caster Semenya (2:01.28) 8th Yelena Kotulskaya (2:01.43) * Tatyana Andrianova Diamond League, Zurich, Switzerland FINAL 1st Mariya Savinova (1:58.27) 5th Caster Semenya (1:59.77) 6th Yekaterina Kostetskaya (2:00.06) 10th Yuliya Rusanova (2:03.24)

2012
Olympic Games, London SEMIFINALS 1st Caster Semenya (1:57.67) 2nd Elena Arzhakova (1:58.13) FINAL 1st Mariya Savinova (1:56.19) 2nd Caster Semenya (1:57.23) 3rd Ekaterina Poistogova (1:57.53) IAAF World Challenge, Ostrava, Czech Republic FINAL 2nd Caster Semenya (2:00.80) 4th Yekaterina Kostetskaya (2:01.52) Diamond League, Rome, Italy FINAL 3rd Mariya Savinova (1:58.56) 7th Yekaterina Kostetskaya (1:59.96) 8th Caster Semenya (2:00.07) * Tatyana Andrianova Ostrava Golden Spike FINAL 2nd Caster Semenya (2:01.03) 4th Ekaterina Kostetskaya (2:01.52) Diamond League, Monaco, France FINAL 3rd Elena Kofanova (1:58.41) 7th Irina Maracheva (2:00.29) 9th Caster Semenya (2:01.67)

Svetlana Klyuka Russias Mariya Savinova and Caster Semenya after the 800m nal of the London 2012 Olympics. They are likely to face off again in the world champs in August

Ekaterina Kostetskaya

Yuliya Rusanova

Elena Arzhakova

* Did not nish

Compiled by Daniel Mothowagae

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