Letsile Tobogo - Botswana's first gold at the 200m olympics

Imagine you win a gold medal and your country declares a holiday to celebrate your win. Now imagine that this is your continent’s first gold medal in a particular event and the first time your country’s national anthem 🎶 was played at the olympics. Imagine you come from Botswana and participate in the 2024 olympics in Paris, France to beat contenders that were expected to place first in the 200m olympics. Well, there is one person who does not have to imagine anymore and his name is Letsile Tebogo.

Link to the video of the final 200m olympic final with Tebogo on 8th August,2024 .

References: Africa News France 24 AP News

Image source Letsile Tebogo’s twitter/X Image of abc news announcing holiday in Botswana

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