Doha DL Press Point Interviews of Caster Semenya and Ruth Jebet

Ruth Jebet and Caster Semenya, photo by Larry Eder

On Thursday, May 4, 2017 at the IAAF Press Points for Doha, we were able to interview Ruth Jebet and Caster Semenya. Ruth Jebet is the reigning Olympic champion and WR holder in the steeplechase. Caster Semenya is the Olympic champion, World Champion and leading performer at 800 meters.

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Caster Semenya was confident and talkative. Ruth Jebet was very quiet, and did not seem confident in her English, but tried to answer questions as best as she could.

From the presser, Caster is focused on the 800 meters over the next few weeks, and will then, look at trying a 1,500 meters this season as well. I did the interview as a Facebook Live file and have embedded it below.

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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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