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Letsile Tebogo’s top performances in 100m, 200m and 400m has left observes wondering if he could combine the capabilities of sprint legends Usain Bolt and Michael Johnson.
Botswana sprint sensation Letsile Tebogo has earned the plaudits following his impressive 2024 season that saw him win his first medal last weekend at the World Relays Championships.
The praises are well deserved for the sprinter who keeps showing immense promise and quality.
Tebogo is proving to be a generational talent that is multifaceted with his top performances in 100m, 200m and 400m.
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06:50 - 09.05.2024
Why Letsile Tebogo has no plans to switch to the 400m anytime soon
Despite showing mastery in the one-lap race, Letsile Tebogo has explained why he will not switch to the 400m anytime soon.
While it is premature, and a bit unfair, Tebogo is already showing qualities exhibited by both sprint icons Usain Bolt and Michael Johnson even if he is still far from the heights hit by those two legends.
Tebogo won his first medal as a senior aged 19 at the 2023 World Championships, claiming silver in 100m before taking bronze in 200m, which effectively announced his arrival on the grand stage, and was part of the Botswana men’s 4x400m team that won gold at the 2024 World Relays.
At the World Athletics Relays, Tebogo impressed, running a sub-44 twice in just over 24 hours. Across 16 races (preliminaries, finals, and repechage of the men’s 4x400 and mixed 4x400), Tebogo had two of the three fastest splits.
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16:04 - 23.03.2024
ATHLETICS Michael Johnson gives Letsile Tebogo 400m advise after hitting Olympics qualifying time
American sprint legend Michael Johnson has told Botswana sensation Letsile Tebogo what to do at the Olympics after he hit the 400m qualifying time for the Paris Games.
The versatile sprinter uncorked a 43.72 split to put Botswana into the lead in the men’s 4x400m relay, a position that Leungo Scotch maintained on the third leg, before Bayapo Ndori took up the running on the final leg, producing a 44.13 split to carry them to victory in 2:59.11.
This was coming weeks after lowering his personal best in 400m by running 44.29 in Pretoria in March.
The sprinter’s impressive 2024 season also includes running a world lead 19.94 in 200m at the ASA Athletics Grand Prix in Johannesburg besides shattering the 300m world record in February, clocking an astonishing 30.69 at the Simbine Curro Classic.
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14:20 - 06.05.2024
'Let Lyles speak about world records' - Letsile Tebogo stays humble after impressive outing at World Relays
Letsile Tebogo has rubbished chances of breaking Usain Bolt's world records in the 100m and 200m this year unlike his American rival Noah Lyles.
While he has played down talks of going for a world record or even running 400m any time soon, the 20-year-old looks like Bolt and Johnson wrapped in one, given he is showing the capabilities of both sprint legends.
Johnson was a revered sprinter who became untouchable in 200m and 400m in the 1980s and 90s, winning six individual gold medals at the World Championships as well three Olympic golds.
He set the 200m world record twice, as many in the 400m indoors, and once in the 400m outdoors. He holds nine of the top 50 200m performances of all time and four of the top ten 400m performances of all time.
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16:09 - 06.05.2024
PSG star Kylian Mbappe accepts sprint challenge from Usain Bolt
PSG star Kylian Mbappe has agreed to a 100m sprint challenge with Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt for charity.
Bolt, meanwhile, is the undisputed king over the 100m and 200m with his world records in both distances yet to be broken since he set them at the 2009 World Championships.
The Jamaican great has seven world titles in 100m and 200m besides six Olympic gold medals in the two disciplines.
These are heights Tebogo can only dream of but he is showing great promise in 100m, 200m and 400m, something that Johnson and Bolt did not combine effectively during their days on top.
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17:47 - 07.05.2024
Noah Lyles irked by 'lack of boundaries' at World Athletics Relays
Triple World champion Noah Lyles has expressed what disappointed him the most at the just concluded World Athletics Relays.
Tebogo seems to have decided to focus on 100m and 200m for now, especially heading into the Paris Olympics, but at 20, he has enough time to test himself in all three races before deciding where he will put all his focus.
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