Caster Semenya's improved 800m time in Berlin on Sunday places her sixth in the Commonwealth so far this year, although in world terms she is only the 30th-quickest on the planet.

Semenya clocked 1min 59.90sec at the weekend - way short of the 1:55.45 she ran to win the world championship gold medal in 2008 - and it suggests she is on track to challenge for a podium finish at the Commonwealth Games in India in early October.

The best time in the Commonwealth so far this year is the 1:57.75 achieved by Kenya's Nancy Jebet Langat, a shade faster than the 1:57.84 set by compatriot Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei.

Jamaica's Kenia Sinclair went 1:58.62 in May and the British duo of Jemma Simpson (1:58.74) and Jennifer Meadows (1:58.89) have also been below 1:59.00.

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