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SHARP IGNORES SEMENYA TO FOCUS ON SELF

LYNSEY SHARP says she can’t afford to focus on Caster Semenya’s dominance as she makes her own preparations for the 2016 Olympics in Rio.

The South African is unbeaten in 2016 and has won many of her races seemingly at a canter, but Sharp (below), who is third on the UK all-time 800m list, is concentrating on her own form.

MARK SHEARMAN
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