Paris 2024 Olympics: Botswana gets half-day holiday to welcome gold medallist Letsile Tebogo
4 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Botswana gets half-day holiday to welcome gold medallist Letsile Tebogo

The Hindu  

President Mokgweetsi Masisi declared Tuesday afternoon a holiday as Botswana geared up to welcome home sprinter Letsile Tebogo and his 200m gold medal, a first for the southern African country. Botswana’s Olympic team was due to return on Tuesday with Tebogo’s gold as well as silver in the men’s 4x400m relay, boosting the country’s total Olympic medal tally to four. The 21-year-old became the first African to win the men’s 200m, in an African record time of 19.46sec, when he powered past Americans Kenny Bednarek and Noah Lyles in Paris on August 8. Tebogo is only the second African athlete to win an Olympic medal in the men’s 200m after Namibian Frankie Fredericks took silver in Atlanta in 1996.

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World Athletics: Olympic champions Hassan and Tebogo named ‘Athletes of the Year’
3 weeks ago

World Athletics: Olympic champions Hassan and Tebogo named ‘Athletes of the Year’

The Hindu  

Dutch marathon runner Sifan Hassan and Botswanan sprinter Letsile Tebogo, both of whom took gold at the Paris Olympics, were named ‘Athletes of the Year’ by World Athletics in Monaco on Sunday. Swedish pole-vaulter Armand Duplantis won the men’s field category after an unbeaten 2024, winning Olympic gold and setting a new world record of 6.26 metres. Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh …

Hassan, Tebogo named World Athletes of the Year
3 weeks ago

Hassan, Tebogo named World Athletes of the Year

China Daily  

MONTE CARLO - Dutch long-distance runner Sifan Hassan and Botswana's sprint sensation Letsile Tebogo were named World Athletes of the Year at the 2024 World Athletics Awards in Monaco on Sunday. In addition to the World Athlete of the Year title, Tebogo also took home the Men's Track Athlete of the Year award, while American star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone was named …

Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo aims to inspire next generation of African athletes
1 month ago

Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo aims to inspire next generation of African athletes

The Hindu  

After upstaging powerhouses the United States and Jamaica to win a rare Olympic sprint gold for Africa, Letsile Tebogo aims to unleash the “deadly” untapped potential of athletes from the continent. Botswana’s first Olympic gold medallist in any sport, he ran an African 200m record of 19.46 seconds, placing him fifth on the world all-time list and beating US star …

Benjamin of US holds off Tebogo of Botswana to win men’s 4x400 relay at Paris Olympics
4 months, 1 week ago

Benjamin of US holds off Tebogo of Botswana to win men’s 4x400 relay at Paris Olympics

Associated Press  

SAINT-DENIS, France — Rai Benjamin held off Letsile Tebogo on the anchor leg to give the United States a gold medal and an Olympic-record time in the men’s 4x400-meter relay at the Paris Games on Saturday night. “I have a really good, high ‘track IQ’ on people and how they run and how to do a quick time, so I …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Wanyonyi extends Kenya’s 800 metres domination
4 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Wanyonyi extends Kenya’s 800 metres domination

The Hindu  

Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi held off one of the strongest fields in history to win the Olympic gold medal in the men’s 800 metres on Saturday, securing his country’s fifth consecutive Olympic title in the event. The world silver medallist narrowly missed the world record of 1:40.91 set by Kenya’s David Rudisha at the 2012 London Olympics, in laying down the …

U.S. men, with Rai Benjamin anchoring, win 4×400 relay gold for third consecutive Olympics
4 months, 1 week ago

U.S. men, with Rai Benjamin anchoring, win 4×400 relay gold for third consecutive Olympics

New York Times  

SAINT-DENIS, France — Everything that makes Rai Benjamin such an effective anchor leg was on display. “I run the 400 hurdles,” Benjamin said, “so I’d like to think that my engine is bigger than his. … You guys about to get punished right now.” Rai Benjamin holds off Letsile Tebogo to anchor Team USA to gold in the 4x400m relay! …

Paris Olympics 2024: Aman Sehrawat Claims Bronze Medal in 57kg Wrestling With Dominant Win Over Puerto Rico's Damien Cruz
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024: Aman Sehrawat Claims Bronze Medal in 57kg Wrestling With Dominant Win Over Puerto Rico's Damien Cruz

News 18  

When it mattered the most, Aman Sehrawat shone the brightest as the Indian wrestler dominated Puerto Rico’s Darien Toi Cruz to clinch the Bronze medal in the Men’s 57kg Freestyle event at the Paris Olympics on Friday. Sehrawat though wouldn’t budge already, as he would find the tackle from around the back to push Cruz down and gather two points …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Kim Yu-jin wins another gold for South Korea, Ulugbek Rashitov secures back-to-back taekwondo titles
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Kim Yu-jin wins another gold for South Korea, Ulugbek Rashitov secures back-to-back taekwondo titles

The Hindu  

South Korea is back in force in taekwondo. After leaving the Tokyo Games without a single gold medal in the sport it invented, the East Asian nation claimed a second title in as many days at the Paris 2024 Olympics. “I also put in a lot of efforts, that’s how I got the gold medal.” Kimia Alizadeh, who was the …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Letsile Tebogo is pride of Africa wearing shoes for his mum
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Letsile Tebogo is pride of Africa wearing shoes for his mum

The Hindu  

Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo was the toast of Africa after winning the Paris 2024 Olympics 200 metres gold on Thursday but his immediate thoughts were much closer to home as he dedicated his victory to his mother who died in May. Tebogo became the first African to win the event when he ran 19.46 seconds to beat Americans Kenny Bednarek and …

Paris 2024 Olympics: USA sprinter Noah Lyles says his Summer Games run is over
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: USA sprinter Noah Lyles says his Summer Games run is over

The Hindu  

American Noah Lyles said that his Paris Games are over, hours after he needed medical attention following his shock third-place finish in the 200 metres, when it was revealed he tested positive for COVID. Lyles turned up the positive test on Tuesday, officials said, two days after he won the 100 metres, and appeared to be in physical distress after …

Paris Olympics 2024: Boxer Ngamba settles for bronze as Refugee Olympic Team celebrate first medal
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024: Boxer Ngamba settles for bronze as Refugee Olympic Team celebrate first medal

The Hindu  

Cindy Ngamba won the Refugee Olympic Team their first ever medal on Thursday when she settled for bronze in women’s boxing. Ngamba, who was born in Cameroon but sought safe haven in Britain aged 11, was beaten by Panama’s seventh seed Atheyna Bylon by split decision in the semifinals of the women’s 75kg category. China’s Chang Yuan also claimed gold, …

Olympians in Paris, caught in motion
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Olympians in Paris, caught in motion

Associated Press  

PARIS — Athletes are moving in every direction at the Paris Olympics. China’s Long Daoyi and Wang Zongyuan compete in the men’s synchronised 3m springboard diving final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. Benny Wizani of Austria competes during the men’s trampoline qualifying round in Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Nigerian women become first African team to make Olympic quarterfinals in basketball
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Nigerian women become first African team to make Olympic quarterfinals in basketball

The Hindu  

Ezinna Kalu scored 21 points as Nigeria made Olympic history by becoming the first African team, male or female, to reach the Olympic quarterfinals in basketball when it beat Canada 79-70 on Sunday. Canada, ranked fifth in the world, leaves winless in three games, eliminated on the final day of group play for women’s basketball by a team ranked 12th. …

Paris Olympics 2024: Africa’s fastest man, Omanyala carries Kenya’s hopes for a first Olympic gold in the 100 meters
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024: Africa’s fastest man, Omanyala carries Kenya’s hopes for a first Olympic gold in the 100 meters

The Hindu  

Ferdinand Omanyala’s status as Africa’s fastest man has many people believing Kenya’s push for Olympic gold medals isn’t entirely a long-distance objective. “Of course it’s at the back of my mind but the Olympics has heats, semis and the final so you can’t start thinking about the final when you are not there yet — so many things happen.” Among …

Paris Olympics 2024: North Korean athletes leave for their first Games since Rio 2016
5 months ago

Paris Olympics 2024: North Korean athletes leave for their first Games since Rio 2016

The Hindu  

North Korean athletes left for the Paris Olympics on Saturday, AFP reporters saw, as they prepared to take part in the summer Games for the first time in eight years. Around 16 North Korean athletes are expected to compete in around seven Olympic events in Paris, including boxing and table tennis, according to the South Korean news agency Yonhap. North …

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