Botswana's Letsile Tebogo, after winning the Oslo Diamond League 200m, advised Australian sprinter Gout Gout not to rush into senior competitions. Tebogo emphasized playing with age mates to avoid injuries and noted his own successful transition from junior to senior ranks.
Young Australian sprinter Gout Gout finished sixth in his Diamond League debut at the Oslo meet. Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo won the 200m, while Gout gained valuable experience and vowed to improve.
Country with a population of just 2.5m credits investment in young athletes for its rise but this progress is under threatIt was a fairytale ending to the World Athletics Relays in Gaborone. In the final strait, Collen Kebinatshipi surged past South Africa’s Zakithi Nene to win the men’s 4x400m relay for Botswana. The home crowd, a sea of light blue, went wild.“It means so many things to us,” Letsile Tebogo, 22, the reigning 200m Olympic champion, who ran the second leg, told reporters afterwards. “Not just the team … but for the people that always cheer for us behind the TV. Now they had that experience to see first-hand how much effort, how much pressure, how much we give for them.” Continue reading...
