Olympic Champion Letsile Tebogo to Launch Season with 400m Event in Melbourne
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Synopsis
Botswana's Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo is ready to start his season with a 400m race on March 25 in Melbourne, Australia. He aims for gold at the World Championships later this year, marking an exciting beginning to his competitive year.
Key Takeaways
- Letsile Tebogo starts his season in Melbourne.
- He aims for gold at the World Championships.
- Tebogo has a personal best of 44.29 seconds in 400m.
- He won gold in the 200m at the 2024 Olympics.
- Known as 'School-boy', he is a double medalist in World Championships.
Gaborone (Botswana), Jan 15 (NationPress) - Botswana's 200m Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo is poised to kick off his season with a 400m race at the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne, Australia, on March 25. Tebogo aims to capture the gold medal at the World Championships later this year, marking the start of his competitive season in Australia.
The athlete took to his social media on Tuesday to announce this exciting news, which was subsequently confirmed by Athletics Australia on Wednesday. "The wait is over, the dates are set, and the countdown begins; the first race of the season is officially confirmed," Tebogo expressed in a statement, revealing his decision to tackle the 400m in his season opener.
This 21-year-old Olympic 200m champion will take to the track at the Lakeside Stadium, setting his sights on the 2025 World Athletics Championships slated for Tokyo in September, as reported by Xinhua.
Although he has primarily focused on the shorter sprints of 100m and 200m, Tebogo has excelled in the 400m and has not dismissed the chance of competing in this event at major championships in the future. His personal best in the 400m stands at 44.29 seconds, achieved in March 2024, and he also played a crucial role in securing a silver medal for Botswana in the 4x400m relay at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Known by the nickname 'School-boy', Letsile Tebogo made history by winning the gold medal in the 200-metre event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, becoming Botswana's first-ever Olympic gold medallist.
Tebogo also boasts a double-medal achievement at the 2023 World Championships, where he secured a silver in the 100 m and a bronze in the 200m. The promising sprinter is a two-time gold medallist in the World U20 Championships, clinching the 100m titles in both the 2021 and 2022 editions.
