I pleaded with Thebe to let me drive –Nkobolo :: Mmegi Online

He was one of the best quarter mile runners to emerge from Botswana, with his quality enough to see him be part of the team that scooped a gold medal at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. But there was a cruel end to his blossoming career following a car crash in 2020. He vividly remembers the life-changing nightmare, reports Mmegi Staffer, CALISTUS KOLANTSHO

It is on a cloudy Saturday morning at the UB Stadium that I spot the figure of Onkabetse Nkobolo slumped in a wheelchair. He is in high spirits as he rocks his wheelchair back and forth despite his obvious predicament. It is a view that local sports fans will have to become accustomed to after a car crash left a promising career in tatters. Nkobolo was at the UB Stadium to attend the Para Sport awareness day. It is a far cry from the Nkobolo who used to wow fans with a brief but rewarding career in the 400m.

He was part of the team that brought home a gold medal from the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where he ran the third leg of the 4x400m relay.

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