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Relay team Olympic qualification in doubt

Record-breakers: Thapelo Monaiwa, Mothusi Boitshwarelo, Tumo van Wyk and Letsile Tebogo (third right) recorded a new national record of 38.19s PIC: BAA
Record-breakers: Thapelo Monaiwa, Mothusi Boitshwarelo, Tumo van Wyk and Letsile Tebogo (third right) recorded a new national record of 38.19s PIC: BAA

When the men’s 4x100m relay team recorded a time of 38.19 during the heats at the recent Africa Senior Athletics Championships in Cameroon, hopes were raised that Olympic qualification was within reach, but things have quickly gone south, as Staff Writer, CALISTUS KOLANTSHO reports

Just like what happened during the CAA African Senior Championships held in Asaba, Nigeria in 2018 where the results were scrapped by the World Athletics, the same fate is likely to befall Botswana’s 4x100m relay team results for the Douala, Cameroon edition.

The quartet of Thapelo Monaiwa, Mothusi Boitshwarelo, Tumo van Wyk and Letsile Tebogo recorded a new national record of 38.19s.

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