Letsile seals 400m World Championships berth

During the Meeting Internazionale Sport Solidarieta in Italy yesterday, the World Under-20 100m record holder qualified for the 400m when stopped the clock at 44.75 setting a Personal Best (PB) which was previously at 46.09. Tebogo’s coach, Kebonyamodisa Dose Mosimanyane told Mmegi Online that the 400m was preparations for the 200m.

“He has qualified yes, but he will only be running 100m and 200m in Budapest. The 400m race was just to fix the 200m. He is far from running 400m at the World Athletics Championships,” he said. Mosimanyane said on July 21, Tebogo will race in the 100m at the Monaco Diamond League followed by 200m at the London Diamond League. He said from there, they will pause all activities and wait for the World Athletics Championships. Meanwhile, the women’s 4x400m relay team will get the last opportunity to qualify for the Budapest this coming Thursday.