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He won the first-ever Olympic gold medal for Botswana with victory in 200m
Paris Olympics 200m champion Letsile Tebogo has disclosed how his quiet nature has given him the platform to let people recognise his performance on the track.
The 21-year-old from Botswana, in an interview with Olmpics.com, said athletics won't change his personality whatsoever.
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Tebogo made history for Botswana at Paris, winning the first Olympic gold medal for his nation in any sport.
He stormed to the 200m title after holding off USA’s Kenny Bednarek and 100m champion Noah Lyles with an African record of 19.46 seconds– a time that moved the world U20 100M record holder to fifth on the world all-time list.
Bednarek got silver in 19.62 seconds and Lyles bronze in 19.70s, the fastest ever time for third place in any race, as the pair repeated their medal-winning positions from Tokyo three years ago.
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"Athletes are all different, there’s the loud ones, there’s also the quiet ones. So I prefer being silent and just let the legs do the talking," he said.
Tebogo, who in 2021 became the first Botswana athlete to claim the 100m title at any World Championships level, triumphed in the French capital when it mattered most. He compared his personality to some of the larger-than-life characters on the sprint scene today.
"I’ve always been a reserved person, so athletics won’t change the person who I am. I believe silence is the way.”
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