After shining during the South African season, Botswana's Letsile Tebogo will now set his sights on double gold at the Olympic Games.
Letsile Tebogo of Botswana on the podium at last year’s World Athletics Championships in Budapest. Picture: Sam Mellish/Getty Images
Tebogo, who was based in Potchefstroom during the off-season, has made a massive impact on the international circuit over the last couple of years, grabbing 100m silver and 200m bronze at the “I wasn’t tired. There’s more than what I did today. It’s just that we don’t want to bring it up this early in the season,” he said after the second 400m race of his senior career.Tebogo confirmed he would return to shorter distances for the rest of the year, with his sights set on Olympic glory.
“For now we’ll rest a bit and get the body back to zero, and then try a different approach for the DIamond Leagues and the Olympics.”
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