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Aussies through in 1500m as Semenya coasts
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Australians Linden Hall and Georgia Griffith are through to the final of the women's 1500m at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
Griffith turned it on with a fast-finishing personal best of four minutes 6.41 seconds to qualify second overall behind reigning 800m Olympic and world champion Caster Semenya, who was in cruise control with 4:05.86 in the first heat.
Drama affected the second heat as Zoe Buckman got caught in a fall on the final straight and bowed out, though Hall came home strong to place second in 4:08.64 and qualify eighth overall.
