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Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo wants more as he chases more glory next season, noting that he wants to win all gold medals.
Reigning Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo wants all the gold medals in the 2025 season after a successful 2024 season.
Tebogo explained that he will still pursue the double, 100m and 200m and the men’s 4x400m relay. The Motswana wunderkind has eyes on the 2025 World Championships in Toyo, Japan and if all goes well, he will be out to make an impression.
The 21-year-old told Runner Space that, however, he will have to look at the schedule and know how to plan himself but one this he is sure about is going for all the gold medals. He noted that there is not much time left to make history despite his young age, the main reason behind his ambitious goals.
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16:36 - 20.09.2024
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“I’ll have to look at how the schedule looks like because I believe there are a lot of things that need to be done and we don’t have much time. I believe it’s going to be the double, after getting the gold medals, then we can get into the 4x400m and get that gold medal. That’s the main goal for 2025, it’s to get the gold medal for the relay and then the 100m and 200m,” Tebogo said.
After a rollercoaster season, the world 100m silver medallist noted that he could not afford to give up since he wanted to have a strong legacy. He lost his mother, Seratiwa Tebogo, earlier this season but he kept going, with the main focus to inspire young sprinters that anything is possible.
Due to his effort this season, he claimed five Diamond League Meeting victories, winning the meeting in Monaco, Lausanne, Silesia, Rome and Zurich. Tebogo also won the 200m Olympic title and the men’s 4x400m relay silver in Pairs.
He expressed satisfaction towards ending his season on a high despite missing his first-ever Diamond Trophy. Tebogo finished second at the Diamond League Meeting final in Brussels as Kenny Bednarek took the crown.
“I knew I had to carry the Tebogo legacy going forward and I knew I had to inspire a lot of young generations coming up to show that anything is possible to be done. It doesn’t matter where you are, so you have to do it, whether you are from Uganda or Congo, you have to believe that you can do it,” Tebogo said.
“It’s been a great season, it’s been a fruitful season for me and I’m happy with the times that I’ve been running in the Diamond Leagues, Olympic gold medallist and I had to dig deep enough to get to the Diamond League final. When I saw it was cold after doing the activation on Thursday, I wanted to go out because I can’t suffer while I’ve done anything. For me, the coach had to dig deep enough for me to run this 200m.”
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10:57 - 21.09.2024
After missing maiden Diamond Trophy, Letsile Tebogo gets feted with another award in Brussels
Despite missing out on his first-ever Diamond trophy in Brussels, Letsile Tebogo will have another reason to smile after being feted following his impeccable performance.
Speaking about his nickname ‘schoolboy’, Tebogo noted that it came about in 2021 during the World Athletics Relays. He was the only athlete in the Botswanan team who was still in school and his teammates would make jokes about that.
“That name came in 2021 during the world relays and I was the only one attending school so that’s how the name came about because they always teased me to go and do my homework and that’s how the name came about,” he said.
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