The golden goose that needs protection from doping

Athletics has become local sport’s undisputed goose that lays the golden egg. The performance of local athletics on the international stage has been on an upward trajectory since Glody Dube became the first athlete to reach the finals at the Sidney Olympic Games in 2000. Since then the floodgates of success have opened, culminating in the country winning its first ever Olympic gold through Letsile Tebogo. But as Staff Writer, CALISTUS KOLANTSHO argues, authorities need to do all they can to keep athletics from the doping pitfall

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