South Africa's flag bearer Caster Semenya made it look easy as she romped to victory in the first leg of her bid for the 1500m-800m double at the Commonwealth Games.
Semenya sat comfortably with the pack until she swept past the field on the final bend at Carrara Stadium to win the 1500m gold in a Games record of four minutes and 0.72 seconds, more than three seconds ahead of Kenya's silver medallist Beatrice Chepkoech.
The dual Olympic 800m champion continued South Africa's golden run at the track after Akani Simbine and Henricho Bruintjie upset Jamaica's Yohan Blake to take gold and silver in the men's 100m on Monday.
Countrymen Clarence Munyai and Anaso Jobodwana are a good chance of repeating the double for South Africa in the 200m as they cruised into Wednesday's semi finals.
-AAP
