Botswana's Paris Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo aims to unleash the 'deadly' untapped potential of athletes from the continent.
Botswana’s Paris Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo aims to unleash the “deadly” untapped potential of athletes from the continent.The unassuming Botswanan, 21, was one of the standout performers in Paris this year, becoming the first African to win the men’s 200m and silver in the 4x400m relay.
Since the end of a successful Diamond League season he has been spending his downtime farming in Botswana but in the coming weeks he will start building towards the next season. But he has already gone a step further than the Namibian, who had to settle for silver medals at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics, and he hopes his success can inspire others.
“Once you find a gem in Africa, you don’t know when you’re going to find the next gem,” he said. “Because we have the talent, but we don’t have the coaches.Botswana erupted in celebration after Tebogo’s success in Paris, with then president Mokgweetsi Masisi declaring a half-day public holiday, and he was given two houses by the government.
He is less than impressed with the focus of the latest episodes of the Netflix show “Sprint”, tweeting that it is an “American show”, too obsessed with US stars. The Botswanan, a keen footballer as a youngster who decided to focus on athletics relatively late, admits he is not yet the finished article but believes things will “click” in 2025.“We haven’t sat down with the coach and the team to discuss our plans for the 2025 season, but I believe one is going to be making Africa proud,” he said.
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