Is Amos’ career headed for a crash-landing?

Crash-landing: Amos takes a fall during last year’s Olympics PIC: WWOS.NINE.COM.AU
Crash-landing: Amos takes a fall during last year’s Olympics PIC: WWOS.NINE.COM.AU

It was in London where a Marobela-born star jettisoned into overnight stardom following a blistering 800m run, which handed Botswana the first-ever Olympic Games medal. Memories of 2012 might still be fresh, but it is now a decade since Nijel Amos’ life-changing run. Last week, a career that has often flattered to deceive, hit significant turbulence and could be on a dangerous spiral dive, observes Mmegi Staff Writer MQONDISI DUBE

Exactly a decade separates Amos’ career-defining moments.

This time, 10 years ago, the nation was about to erupt in unbridled joy to celebrate the first Olympic Games medal delivered through the unorthodox running gait of Amos.

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