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Community proud of Semenya:

News24: "Aganang - 'We hear she's just as good as Zola Budd.'

This is how the people from the Fairlie settlement in Limpopo speak about Caster Semenya, 18, who has caused quite a stir in international athletics.

Eric Modiba, head of the Nthema Secondary School, where Semenya was in matric last year, says he is 'very, very proud' of her.

On Wednesday night, Semenya won a gold medal in the 800m for women at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany."

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