Tebogo sprints to silver

Monday, August 21, 2023 | 780 Views |

Letsile Tebogo brought joy and jubilation to the nation when he won Botswana’s first medal this past Sunday at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

He becomes the first African athlete to ever win a 100m World Athletics Championships medal of any kind since its inception in 1983. Meanwhile, this is the second medal for the country at the World Athletics Championships. The first medal at this stage was won by Amantle Montsho (gold) in the women’s 400m at the 2012 Daegu, China championships.

Tebogo (20) registered 9.88s to scoop the second position setting a new national record in the process. The World champion is Noah Lyles of the USA after blistering away from the pack to win a gold medal with a world lead (WL) 9.83 and a personal best (PB).

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