Semenya misses out on Olympics, but finds happiness at home
Former sprinting medallist and her partner are pregnant with their second born
STORY: Sihle Mkhize
PHOTO: Instagram
Multiple World Championship and Olympic gold medalist, Caster Semenya has found happiness bigger and better than any medal. Semenya may have lost out on qualifying for the current Tokyo Olympics, but she is not so sorry.
She announced news that she and her wife are expecting their second baby. Caster revealed that her family is expanding as she and her partner Violet are expecting their second baby together.
“Ten little fingers, ten little toes. With love and grace, our family grows. This precious soul that God decided to bless us with. We all can’t wait to meet you!” she wrote on her Instagram.
Since then, her timeline has been flooded with many congratulatory messages from friends, family and fans. Sbonele Nhlasi wrote: “Congrats Caster but question aren’t you in Africa. I thought the continent had a lot of entire gay bills and sometimes to harm gay people e.g Uganda. Congrats and be careful.”
Pamela Serra: “Congrats and the Lord’s blessings on you and your family. The couple have not revealed the gender of the baby yet, but it seems they might be welcoming their baby soon judging from the size of the baby bump.
Caster and Violet recently celebrated their daughter’s second birthday earlier this month. “Today marks her second birthday, Ora Semenya let this day to be one to be remembered,” she wrote.
Caster and her partner live a private life, and when it comes to the news surrounding their growing family they share with the public.
When they announced that they were expecting their first child together, the couple simply posted images of small shoes and baby rompers. But now they are seemingly letting us more in on their journey.
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The Purpose has learned that another athlete that’s also expecting a baby is, sprinter Wayde van Niekerk who recently revealed that he and his wife Chesney van Niekerk were expecting a baby boy.
“Crazy excited to announce we are having a baby!!!Blessings keep coming our way” he wrote. Another celebrity who just welcomed a baby is Dineo Ranaka. She shared her baby number three with the world.
