Dutch marathon runner Sifan Hassan and Botswanan sprinter Letsile Tebogo, both of whom took gold at the Paris Olympics, were named ‘Athletes of the Year’ by World Athletics in Monaco on Sunday. Hassan, who also won the out-of-stadium award, was rewarded for her incredible performance in the French capital which stretched beyond the marathon and on to the track. Sifan Hassan 🇳🇱 is your World Athletics...
Three Africans are in the race for the 2024 World Athletics Awards scheduled to be held in Monaco, France on December 1, Afrosport reports. Olympic 200m champion, Letsile Tebogo of Botswana, is in contention for the Men's Track Athlete of the Year, and has been shortlisted in the category alongside Olympic 500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway. Meanwhile, Kenya's long distance runner and world marathon record...
Botswana's sprint king Letsile Tebogo and Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi have been nominated for the prestigious World Athletics Male Track Athlete of the Year award, Afrosport reports. Tebogo made history when he became the first African to win a gold medal in the men's 200 metres. Wanyonyi, on the other hand, has been a dominant force in the 800 metres, winning the gold medal in Paris. Both...
Olympic 200-metre champion, Letsile Tebogo, is aiming for another triumph on the tracks, this time at the Wanda Diamond League Final in Brussels on Saturday, September 14. The Botswana sprinter has been in top form of late securing victories in Lausanne, Silesia, Zurich, and Brescia, as well as a 100m win in Rome. The 21-year-old has seemingly switched his attention to Brussels, where he will face...
Botswana's Letsile Tebogo has not put a foot wrong since winning a gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics as the Motswana won the men's 200m race at the Silesia Diamond League in Poland on Sunday. The 21-year-old sprinter ran a blistering time of 19.83 seconds to set a new meeting record in Silesia despite having to recover from a poor start to the race. Tebogo...
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