Letsile Tebogo has taken a dig at Noah Lyles after winning the men’s 200 metres final at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Thursday night, Afrosport reports. The Botswana star stormed clear of his rivals to clock an African record of 19.46 seconds and finish ahead of American duo Kenneth Bednarek Lyles, becoming the first African to win an Olympic gold medal in the men’s 200 metres....
Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, Joseph Fahnbulleh of Liberia, and the Zimbabwean duo of Tapiwanashe Makarawu and Makanakaishe Charamba will all represent Africa in the men’s 200-metre final in the Paris 2024 Olympics. Tebogo ran a time of 19.96 seconds to win semifinal 2 in the men’s 200m on Wednesday, beating reigning men’s 100m Olympic champion Noah Lyles of the United States, who clocked a time of 20.08s...
The Nigerian duo of Favour Ofili and Alaba Akintola have crashed out of the 200-meter women’s and men’s events at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. The 20-year-old African indoor record holder, Ofili, finished sixth in Heat 3 of the semifinals on Thursday evening to put an end to her participation in the event. Akintola, on the other hand, finished seventh in Heat 2...
Team Nigeria continued their outing at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Wednesday with Favour Ofili and Alaba Akintola participating in the 200m Heat for women and men respectively. Ofili advanced into the semi-final after running one of the fastest times outside the top-3 positions in each Heat. She completed the 200m race in 22.66 seconds while African 200m women's champion, Gina Bass of...
100m silver medallist, Letsile Tebogo said his decision to quit social media helped him to make history as the first Botswana athlete to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships. Tebogo put in a strong performance in the men's 100m final in Budapest on Sunday, to finish second with a national record of 9.88 seconds behind USA's Noah Leyles. The 20-year-old, who holds the African...
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