BAA, Thebe urged to smoke peace pipe

Differences: Thebe is training in Ivory Coast PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Differences: Thebe is training in Ivory Coast PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

The Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) chief executive officer, Wedu Motswetla has urged the Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) to put aside their differences with top athlete Baboloki Thebe.

BAA and the athlete are at loggerheads after Thebe flew to Ivory Coast where he is training, but the mother body said he had not been granted permission. However, reports are that BAA did not attend to his request despite a letter being submitted.

BAA  informed BNOC the athlete had left without permission. But Motswetla told Mmegi Sport that whatever differences the BAA has with Thebe, they must be put aside. “Thebe is a professional athlete and he is not restricted to training in Botswana. He has the right to train anywhere he wants, especially that it is an Olympics year. He should not be oppressed. No matter what happens, he should not be at a disadvantage,” she said.

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