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Botswana Declares Afternoon Holiday To Celebrate Letsile Tebogo’s Olympic Gold Medal
09 Aug

Botswana Declares Afternoon Holiday To Celebrate Letsile Tebogo’s Olympic Gold Medal

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Botswana has declared a national "afternoon day-off" on Friday to celebrate Letsile Tebogo's historic victory at the ongoing Paris Olympic Games. Tebogo made history by winning the men’s 200m race, clocking 19.46 seconds to secure the first Olympic gold medal for Botswana. In a race where he was not the favourite, Tebogo stunned American sprinter Noah Lyles, who finished third with a time of 19.70 seconds. Kenny Bednarek, also from the United States, claimed the silver medal with a time of 19.62 seconds. In a statement issued by Emma Peloetletse, Permanent Secretary to the President, the decision to grant a…
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London Diamond League: Noah Lyles Wins Fast 200M As Records Fall Behind Him
24 Jul

London Diamond League: Noah Lyles Wins Fast 200M As Records Fall Behind Him

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Noah Lyles won an extremely quick men’s 200m race at the London Athletics Meet 2023 Diamond League event in the British capital on Sunday (23 July). The American found himself pushed hard by both Britain’s national sprint double champion Zharnel Hughes and Botswana’s sprint sensation Letsile Tebogo around the bend, before putting some distance between himself and his rivals. Tebogo kicked hard to give Lyles a scare, but the world champion came home first in 19.47, improving his own 2023 world-leading time by two-tenths of a second. Tebogo’s 19.50 was a new African record, eclipsing Frankie Fredericks’ 19.68 from the Atlanta 1996 Olympic final, and moved him up from…
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