Athletics Team Trains In Germany For World Championships

Monday, July 27, 2009

The Botswana team to the World Athletics Championships left on Saturday to train in Dsseldorf, Germany.

The team has 11 athletes - four women and seven men - will be under Bobby Gaseitsiwe. Senegal-based Olympic Games 400m finalist Amantle Montsho, Kgalalelo Sefu, Seonyatseng Ntlhomphe and Irene Motonge are in the women team while the men's team has Isaac Makwala, Fanuel Kenosi, Obakeng Gwigwa, Onalenna Baloyi, Zacharia Kamberuka, high jumper Kabelo Kgosiemang and the long jumper Gable Garenamotse. Like Montsho, Makwala and Kenosi are based in Senegal.

The athletes will train in Germany until August 11 for the World Championships, which start on August 13.

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