Greatness awaits Tebogo
Sensational local sprinter, 100m World Junior record holder, Tebogo Letsile improved his personal best to 19.87sec to win the 200m final individual race at the FNBB Botswana Golden Grand Prix, a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold, held at the Botswana National Stadium over the weekend. He took his previous personal best of 19.96 that he set when he won the world under 20 silver medal at last edition of the World under 20 Championships in Cali last year August. This year he finished second to Christian Coleman in a very close photo-finish (20.00) in Miramar.
Tebogo held off the Canadian sprinter who won six Olympic medals and four world medals during his career, De Grasse and went on to beat world champion, Aaron Brown and world finalist Joseph Fahnbulleh amongst others in Gaborone over the weekend. The 19-year-old is building up to the season nicely, looking at his current performance. Letsile looks extremely competent in his promising athletic career as he also participated in the men’s 100m final and finished just after African 100 m record holder, Ferdinand Omanyala, who won the race in 9.78 while Letsile clocked 9.91. “I am proud of my performance because it shows me that I can keep pushing forward; I am really happy for the crowd, because it shows that Botswana people love sport.
They should always come in numbers, so they can make the sport grow," said Tebogo after his victory at the national stadium. Letsile who was the crowd favourite, ensured that the event ended on a high note when he won the men’s 200m final. That was a golden moment of the day to his fans, as the whole stadium ruptured in jubilation. He is expected to participate in the Botswana Athletics Association Nationals that have been scheduled for the 12 -14 of May. Meanwhile, fans showed respect to the legendary Isaac Makwala, despite finishing last in the men’s 400m final as they kept clapping for him during the live interview. International athletes easily dominated the FNBBGGP track and field event. In the men’s 400m final, The Zambian runner, Muzala Samukonga dipped under the 44 seconds barrier for the first time in his career to win the men’s 400m in a world-leading time of 43.91. Kayla White won the women’s 200m in 22.38 beating her compatriot Sha’Carri Richardson who recorded 22.54.