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Botswana sprinter Letsile Tebogo has been advised to learn from Faith Kipyegon if he has to realize the full potential of his remarkable talent.
Kenya’s sprint coach Stephen Mwaniki feels Botswana sprint sensation Letsile Tebogo needs to run fewer races if he has to break a world record in future.
Tebogo was one of the star athletes in 2024 when he claimed Olympics gold in 200m as well as silver in 4x400m and also claimed wins in five Diamond League races heading into the season finale in Brussels.
By the time he got to Brussels, he had run out of steam and lost the title to American Kenny Bednarek. It is for this reason that Mwaniki wants Tebogo to emulate athletes like Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon, who featured in few events, and reaped maximum benefits.
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The experienced coach feels a world record is within reach for the 21-year-old but he cannot achieve it if he does not carefully choose the events he features in.
“Tebogo is still young and records are meant to be broken. He can get to those levels so long as the people handling him are not exposing him too much and letting him run too many races,” Mwaniki told Pulse Sports.
“If you look at Faith Kipyegon, why is she performing well? She is running a few races and that did not stop her from making money.
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“They need to make sure he goes to a few races so that he does proper training and maintains himself and he can get it right.”
Tebogo went to almost all events this year, starting out at the ASA Grand Prix in South Africa, before Kip Keino Classic, World Relays, African Championships and then the Olympics. He also went to a total of six Diamond League series meetings as well as three grand prix.
While he feels that is too much, Mwaniki would also like the sprinter to fully focus on 200m and 400m where he feels his true potential lies.
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“I feel if he can be taken to 200m and 400m, he can use 100m as speedwork then very soon we will hear the world record coming to Africa,” added Mwaniki.
Mwaniki is Kenya’s long-time sprints coach who has worked with the country’s top sprinters over the years.
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