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Caster Semenya was chosen to carry the country's flag during the opening ceremony of the [[2012 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.cbssports.com/olympics/blog/eye-on-olympics/19635298/caster-semenya-rightly-chosen-to-bear-south-africas-flag-at-opening-ceremony|title= Caster Semenya rightly chosen to bear South Africa's flag at opening ceremony|work=CBS Sports|date=22 July 2012}}</ref> She later won a silver medal in the women's 800 metres of these games, with a time of 1:57.23 seconds, her season's best. She passed six competitors in the last 150 metres, but did not pass world champion [[Mariya Savinova]] of Russia, who took gold in a time of 1:56.19, finishing 1.04 seconds before Semenya.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Olympics2012/Caster-clinches-silver-medal-20120811|title= Caster clinches silver medal|publisher=Sport24|date=11 August 2012}}</ref> During the BBC coverage after the race, former British hurdler [[Colin Jackson]] raised the question whether Semenya had thrown the race, as the time that had been run was well within her capability,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/sport/london2012/2012/08/20128141579963464.html|title=Semenya: 'I tried my best': South African silver medallist hits back at allegations she did not try to win 800-metre race at the Olympics|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=14 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/semenya-denies-trying-win-olympic-title-124855301.html|title=Olympic Games – Semenya denies trying not to win Olympic title|date=14 August 2012|work=Yahoo Sport}}</ref> though in fact Semenya had at that point only once in her life run faster than Savinova's winning time, when winning the 2009 World Championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alltime-athletics.com/w_800ok.htm |work=Track and Field all-time |title=All-time women's best 800 m |access-date=3 June 2014}}</ref>
In November 2015, the [[World Anti-Doping Agency]] recommended Savinova and four other Russian athletes be given a lifetime ban for doping violations at the Olympics.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gibson|first1=Owen|title=Russia accused of 'state-sponsored doping' as Wada calls for athletics ban|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/nov/09/wada-iaaf-russia-dick-pound-banned|access-date=9 November 2015|work=The Guardian|date=9 November 2015}}</ref> On 10 February 2017, the [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]] (CAS) officially disqualified Savinova's results backdated to July 2010. The [[International Olympic Committee]] reallocated the London 2012 medals, and Semenya's silver was upgraded to gold.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/38931007 |title=Mariya Savinova: Russian London 2012 gold medallist stripped of title |publisher=BBC |date=10 February 2017 |access-date=10 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/ioc-ready-to-strip-medals-from-russians-1.391476|title=IOC ready to strip medals from Russians|work=TSN|date=10 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.olympic.org/london-2012/athletics/800m-women|title=London 2012 800m women – Olympic Athletics|date=6 September 2018|work=International Olympic Committee|access-date=23 November 2018|language=en}}</ref>
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