Paris 2024: Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo Makes History With Olympic 200m Gold

Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo springed into history on Thursday as becoming the first African to win Olympic 200m gold, in Paris.

The 21-year-old produced a stunning run in Paris to leave pre-race favourite Noah Lyles trailing in third.

The Botswanian is  the second athlete from Africa to win a medal in the 200m.

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Namibian Frankie Fredericks had blazed the way for Tebogo by winning the second of his two silvers in Atlanta in 1996.

Tebogo set an African record of 19.46sec in the Stade de France to put the cherry on the cake.