President Mokgweetsi Masisi gave Botswana the afternoon off on Friday to celebrate Letsile Tebogo, the country's first gold medallist and the first African to be crowned 200-metre Olympic champion.
President Mokgweetsi Masisi gave Botswana the afternoon off on Friday to celebrate Letsile Tebogo, the country's first gold medallist and the first African to be crowned 200-metre Olympic champion.
"Botswana's finest sporting moment," beamed the MMegoi newspaper, after Tebogo produced a stunning run in the 200m to take gold, leaving pre-race favourite Noah Lyles trailing in third.Tebogo's achievement will be"etched in the annals of the history of the republic", the president said.
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