In the last event held in Abuja, Nigeria in 2003, athletics got two gold medals through Kabelo Mmono in high jump and the men's 4x400m relay team. This time, Gaseitsiwe says he is confident of six gold medals. He tips Gable Garenamotse in the long jump; Mmono and Kabelo Kgosiang in high jump; US-based youngster Onalenna Oabona and veteran Glody Dube in the 800m; and California Molefe, a regular participant in European circuits as gold medal prospects.
The other medal, he says ,should come from Amantle Montsho, the only Botswana female athlete currently on International Olympic Committee (IOC) scholarship. She is based in Senegal where she is training under specialists.
From her Senegal base, Montsho frequently competes in European circuits. She aims to become the first female athlete from Botswana to bring a medal from the AAG. "Definitely it will not just be numbers that we are carrying. We want to take athletes who would not let us down.
