Gaseitsiwe looks back with pride over 400m success

The project saw him transverse the length and breadth of the country searching for talent. Gaseitsiwe told MmegiSport that nothing pleases his heart than to see all the hard work bearing fruit through the men’s 4x400m relay team winning a gold medal at the 2024 World Athletics Relays over the weekend.

He said something should be done to have more women run the 400m, adding that the current crop of athletes including Christine Botlogetswe, Lydia Jele and Obakeng Kamberuka is talented, but they need to work extra hard. “During my time as the technical officer at the BAA, also as a trained coach, I realised that Botswana had so much talent across all events but our strongest area was jumps, long sprints being 400m and 800m. Those who were running 100m and 200m were good but the reaction times were too slow and therefore not suitable for those races.