Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo has bagged another medal at the ongoing Olympic Games in Paris, powering the Botswana 4x400m relay team to a podium finish in the event’s finals.
Tebogo was included as a late substitution for Leungo Scotch in the first round, which was influential in their qualification to the finals.
The 21-year-old sprinter, along with Bayapo Ndori, Busang Collen Kebinatshipi, and Anthony Pesela, won another medal for Botswana at the 2024 Olympic Games.
Team Botswana came close to winning the gold medal, with Tebogo making a move in the final leg, but the United States of America’s Rai Benjamin held firm to lead his nation to victory in a new Olympic Record of 2:54.43s.
Botswana broke the African record to finish second in 2:54.53 seconds, while Great Britain got the Bronze.
Team South Africa also competed in the 4x400m relay finals but failed to clinch a medal, finishing fifth.
The quartet of Gardeo Isaacs, Zakhiti Nene, Antonie Nortje and Lythe Pillay finished the race in a national record of 2:58.12 seconds, failing to replicate Akani Simbine and the 4x100m relay team that clinched the silver medal in the finals.