A gold medal 44 year in the waiting! That is how long Botswana waited before Letsile Tebogo shocked the world, winning the men’s 200m event at the Paris 2024 Olympics Thursday night.
And what a historic moment it was! Wearing spikes engraved the birth date of her late mother Seratiwa Tebogo, the 21-year-old blazed the track in 19.46 seconds. This was his personal best in this short sprint speciality.
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