Tebogo nominated for top global award

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PARIS 8 August 2024. Botswana athlete Letsile Tebogo wins the Gold medal in Men’s 200m final with the timing 19.46 at the Stade de France during the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympic Games in France on 8 August 2024. (Pic:Monirul Bhuiyan/PRESS PHOTO)

Olympic champion, Letsile Tebogo has been nominated for the World Athletics 2024 Men's track athlete of the year.

The nomination comes after Tebogo made history by winning Botswana and Africa's first ever gold medal in the 200m race. It was Botswana's third Olympic medal in the history of the competition. Tebogo is currently ranked the number one 200m male athlete this year. He is favoured to pocket the gong, will battle it out against Rai Benjamin (USA), Grant Holloway (USA), Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway), Noah Lyles (USA) and Emmanuel Wanyonyi (Kenya). The public will have to pick the winner through voting, which is open until October 27.

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Tebogo nominated for top global award

Olympic champion, Letsile Tebogo has been nominated for the World Athletics 2024 Men's track athlete of the year.