Semenya eyes Rasa domination
Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya is the obvious favourite to scoop the sportswomen and sportsperson of the year awards at Rasa 2019.
Reigning Olympic champion Caster Semenya heads up a stellar line-up of nominees for this year's Regional Annual Sport Awards (Rasa 2019), to be hosted in Windhoek this coming weekend.
The regional awards show will see the cream of the crop being honoured on Saturday night.
In the sportswomen of the year category Semenya is up against Malawian boxer Anisha Basheel Malawi and Lesotho triple-jumper Lerato Sechele.
In the sportsperson of the year category she is competing against Zimbabwean karateka Wilfred Mashaya, as well as Basheel.
However, Semenya's dominance in the 800 metres on the global stage is unquestionable and she is expected to easily scope both awards, without breaking too much of a sweat.
On 3 May Semenya claimed her 30th consecutive victory at a Diamond League event in Doha. Semenya blazed to victory in typical fashion, crossing the line in a time of 1:54:99. Bernadine Ndeshi Negonya from the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) said they are still waiting to hear whether Semenya will be attending the awards.
“We will certainly know by today if she will be attending the awards, as she is nominated in two categories. We will also hear from the rest of the nominees,” Negonya said.
Semenya scooped a number of awards last year at the 2018 South African Sports Awards, bagging the sports star of the year, sportswoman of the year and people's choice awards.
The regional awards are staged to celebrate excellence and bestow accolades on athletes, coaches, teams and journalists who excel at regional and international level.
Rasa 2019 will be celebrated under the theme 'Celebrating Excellence, Inspiring Innovation' and is expected to attract about 250 invited guests and dignitaries, including ministers of sport from all 10 Region 5 member countries, sporting legends and sport celebrities from across the region.
The nominees are drawn from the winners of sports awards held in the 10 member countries - Namibia, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. After an earlier judging round, three final nominees per category were selected.
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The regional awards show will see the cream of the crop being honoured on Saturday night.
In the sportswomen of the year category Semenya is up against Malawian boxer Anisha Basheel Malawi and Lesotho triple-jumper Lerato Sechele.
In the sportsperson of the year category she is competing against Zimbabwean karateka Wilfred Mashaya, as well as Basheel.
However, Semenya's dominance in the 800 metres on the global stage is unquestionable and she is expected to easily scope both awards, without breaking too much of a sweat.
On 3 May Semenya claimed her 30th consecutive victory at a Diamond League event in Doha. Semenya blazed to victory in typical fashion, crossing the line in a time of 1:54:99. Bernadine Ndeshi Negonya from the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) said they are still waiting to hear whether Semenya will be attending the awards.
“We will certainly know by today if she will be attending the awards, as she is nominated in two categories. We will also hear from the rest of the nominees,” Negonya said.
Semenya scooped a number of awards last year at the 2018 South African Sports Awards, bagging the sports star of the year, sportswoman of the year and people's choice awards.
The regional awards are staged to celebrate excellence and bestow accolades on athletes, coaches, teams and journalists who excel at regional and international level.
Rasa 2019 will be celebrated under the theme 'Celebrating Excellence, Inspiring Innovation' and is expected to attract about 250 invited guests and dignitaries, including ministers of sport from all 10 Region 5 member countries, sporting legends and sport celebrities from across the region.
The nominees are drawn from the winners of sports awards held in the 10 member countries - Namibia, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. After an earlier judging round, three final nominees per category were selected.
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