New sprint gem unearthed

The Botswana Games, which end in Gaborone tomorrow, have seen the rise of a new sprint star, Zebrone ‘The Beast’ Machara, a rough diamond awaiting polishing.

Machara arrived in Gaborone from Francistown a week ago, as your boy next door, but that has drastically changed after he scooped three gold medals. Machara brought the stadium to its feet as he pushed himself to a gold medal in the 200m men’s final with a time of 22.22. On Tuesday, he once again, performed wonders when he claimed the 100m gold in 10.79. As if that was not enough, Machara powered the Francistown 4x100m relay to gold.

He is a brave young man who overcame obstacles that could have crushed his athletics dream.

Editor's Comment
Congratulations Anicia Gaothuse!

The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...

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