Many had hoped that favourite Noah Lyles would win his first Olympic gold medal in the 200 metres at the Stade de France. But to everyone’s surprise, it was Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo who sprinted to the finish in 19.46 secondsDespite having etched his name in the history books with his country’s first Olympic gold medal, he is left stunned by his second-place finish in the 4×400-meter race a few days later. After putting that behind him, he took part in the Lausanne Diamond League on August 22.

How did he do? It was no surprise that the Olympian beat his competitors in an outstanding time of 19.64 seconds. In his post-race interview, he talks about what it’s like to return to the DL. “For me, it was a great race here in Lausanne today. It’s really cool for me that I can compete here again next year,” he explained.

The Botswanan continued: “I I think the most important thing for me is that even after successes like my Olympic successes, at the end of the day you just have to keep running to maintain your form throughout the season.” There is no doubt that he caused a stir in the French capital. But the sprinter did not want to bask in his glory for too long. On August 22, Tebogo repeated the same result by defending his lead.

American Erriyon Knighton crossed the finish line shortly after him with a season’s best of 19.78 secondsFred Kerley followed him and completed the podium with 19.86 seconds. “After achieving this here at Athletissima, I am satisfied.” It seems like the Botswana native is looking forward to continuing his winning streak and we are excited to see where that takes him!

Letsile Tebogo’s impressive form at the Stade de France

On August 8, Letsile Tebogo showed his best form by dominating the 200-meter race. He came out of the starting blocks quickly and was able to maintain a solid lead. Bednarek followed him in 19.62 secondsand had to settle for another Olympic silver. Lyles completed the podium in 19.70 seconds on the clock, and he was threatened with the same fate as 3 years ago in the Japanese capital. Although this would be reason enough to celebrate, the 21-year-old was back on the track for the 4×400-meter relay.

Team Botswana was hoping for Olympic gold. They wanted to redeem themselves for their third place at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. But to their great dismay, they had to settle for silver instead. Tebogo and Benjamin crossed the finish line in an excellent time of 2:54But the time of both teams had a difference of 0:00:10 seconds. The meant Team USA won Olympic gold and set a new Olympic record!

What is impressive is that the 21-year-old ran the second fastest intermediate time. 43.04 secondsbut it was not enough. Tebogo remembered what it was like to win silver and said: “At the 4×400 m the next day, everyone was shocked. That’s the only crazy thing I can think of.” He was bombarded with calls asking: “How can you run an African record yesterday and then the next day You still share the fastest time?” He explained how it was “really crazy.” Do you agree with Letsile Tebogo?