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Letsile Tebogo has doubts of racing at the African Championships following poor organisation shown to athletes in Cameroon.
Botswana's speed king Letsile Tebogo has joined Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith in airing his frustration over the poor organisation at the ongoing African Championships in Cameroon.
The championship still on the first day of competition has received several degrading reactions from athletes and fans over poor planning and visibility.
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Ta Lou-Smith to express her anger on the situation as the fastest woman in African history took to her X page with a series of tweets stating her hurt of being unfairly treated.
"There is so much things I wanted to say about the organization of the African championship !!!," wrote Ta Lou-Smith in her first tweet on the poor organisation.
"I am hurt and disappointed!!!."
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Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith is unhappy with the poor treatment given to her and teammates at the African Championships in Cameroon, which she openly expressed her anger on it.
Tebogo will later reveal in an interview with Kenyan journalist Lynne Wachira how they were forced to wait for over an hour after warming up and why he may not run at the championship again.
"We'll see about the final because there's a lot of disorganised stuff, so maybe I'm going to run or I'm not going to run," said the African Record holder in the men's 200m event.
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19:36 - 21.06.2024
African Championships: Ta Lou-Smith, Ofili, and Bass-Bittaye cruise into 100m semifinals with fastest times
Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith, Favour Ofili, and Gina Bass-Bittaye cruised to the 100m semifinals at the African Championships in Cameroon.
"You do warm up, you stay 1 hour to be called, we know that time is money in athletics. You can't do warm-up sit and then be called," added Tebogo.
The speedster said he's looking ahead to the Olympics and can't afford to get injured if the organisation doesn't improve.
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"That's why I didn't even run because I'm looking at the Olympics, I'm not looking at the African Games. They should at least, I don't know if it's to call the association president to come out and help the athletes. That's all.
"The semifinal I'm gonna run but maybe I won't run the final if the same thing happens today," he concluded.
Tebogo was initially listed to compete in the sprint events, but after opting out in the heats of the 100m, his focus will be on the 200m if he finally decides to run.
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