Top athlete faces betting probe

The athlete (known to this publication) represented the country at the just-ended Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. An incident that occurred during the Olympics alerted the authorities to the possible transgressions. “He has always been a favourite, especially during World Championships and Diamond Leagues. But when that incident occurred in Tokyo the authorities felt there was another hand at play.

They felt the incident was not a natural occurrence. World Athletics wondered why that happened,” a highly placed source within the BAA told Mmegi Sport. The source said the athletics body, WA has written a letter to the BAA and copied to the Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC), raising concerns over the athlete. “There are issues around the athlete that the World Athletics wants to find out.