8th August, 2024
By Kazeem Ugbodaga
Tebogo’s victory is the first ever Olympic gold medal for Botswana.
Previously, Tebogo had achieved the silver medal at the 2023 World Championships in the 100m and followed it up with a bronze medal in the 200m five days later.
Tebogo won in the 100 metres and placed second in the 200 metres at both the 2021 and 2022 World Athletics Under-20 Championships.
In 2021, he became the first Botswana athlete to claim the 100m title at any World Championships level. He is the 200m 2022 African champion, becoming the youngest winner of this title in competition history.
He also broke the 300m world best, running a time of 30.69 seconds on February 17, 2024 at altitude in Pretoria, South Africa.
