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Calistus Kolantsho
  • Botswana's 400m reign ends

    At the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Colossae, Stade de France, this brilliance dulled but had not gone unnoticed since the Athens Olympic Games in 2004, in both the women's and men's categories. This 20-year success came to a...

  • Jele tests positive for doping again

    Jele is fresh from a four-year ban for a similar offence and now faces a lengthy period on the sidelines. National Anti-Doping Agency (NADO) coordinator, Frederick Seno told MmegiSport that the athlete has tested positive for a banned substance, a...

  • Masalela through to 800m semi-finals

    Masalela led the race from the start only to let go of the lead towards the finish line, but he managed to hang on for the third spot. Gabriel Tual of France won the heat, stopping the clock at 1:45.13. Kethobogile Haingura found the going tough and...

  • Tebogo, Lyles clash in 200m semi-finals

    The two stars are in heat two and will be in action at 8pm. Tebogo will be in lane eight while Lyles is seeded in lane six. The first two in each heat and the next two fastest, advance to the final. Other local athletes, Tshepiso Masalela, Tumo...

  • Trio finds going tough in 400m semi finals

    Kebinatshipi continued with his brilliant performance at the games, clocking a personal best (PB) of 44.43s in the first heat of the men's 400m semi-final. He finished third in a heat won by Quincy Hall of USA. In the second heat, Bayapo Ndori...

  • Ntweng Olympic journey ends

    Ntweng crossed the line in 48.88 in the men’s 400m huddles and did not progress to the semi-finals. He is the second huddler to represent Botswana at the Olympic Games after Wilfred Kareng who competed at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. Ntweng's...

  • Trio braces for testing 400m semi-finals

    Collen Kebinatshipi competes in the first semi-final where he faces tough competition from Quincy Hall (United States of America), Alexander Doom (Belgium) and Jereem Richards (Trinidad and Tobago). Kebinatshipi booked himself a slot in the...

  • Cash incentives await Tebogo

    Schoolboy, as Tebogo is affectionately called by his supporters, powered to a new personal best (PB) and new National Record (NR) of 9.86, settling for position six.For the first time in history, all eight men clocked less than 10 seconds in a...

  • Hogs maul Rhinos to clinch league title

    Hogs assistant coach, Vuyo Moyo, could not hold his excitement and stated that the outcome of the match was what he expected. “This is what we have been working on, the training that we have been doing. When we lost to Rhinos in the BRU Knock Out...

  • Tebogo gears for 200m heat

    Tebogo is seeded in heat three. He will be going up against Brendan Rodney (Canada), Makanakaishe Charamba (Zimbabwe), Timothe Mumenthaler (Switzerland), Benjamin Richardson (South Africa), Koki Ueyama (Japan) and Filipo Tortu of Italy. Three in each...

  • Tebogo eyes Olympic glory

    If he negotiates the semi-final heat, he will proceed to the final amid expectation of a podium finish. The first two in each heat and next two fastest advance to the final. Tebogo is in heat two and he will face stiff competition from Kenneth...

  • Tebogo eases to the semis

    Tebogo had a brilliant start and eased through the finish line and gave American, Fred Kerley a chance to claim the victory in 9.97. Great Britain, Zharnel Hughes followed them home in 10.03.The semi finals and finals are scheduled for tomorrow.

  • Nowe misses out on semis

    Only the winner of the heat, Rose Almanza of Cuba qualified for the semi-final after clocking 2:01.54.Yesterday, the Olympics debutant, Nowe finished in position five in the women's 800m heat. She clocked 2: 01.00, failing to qualify for an...

  • Tebogo to make Olympics debut

    Tebogo is participating in the men's 100m heat at the Stade de France, Paris. Schoolboy as he is affectionately known has been drawn to run in heat eight.His lane will be decided after the 100m preliminary heats which are set for this...

  • Athletics carries nation’s medal hopes

    Botswana's first Olympic honour came through Nijel Amos’ silver medal during the London 2012 edition. The next medal followed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics when the men’s 4x400m relay team brought home a bronze medal. Now, with a new generation...

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