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The 400m world record is certainly under a threat as Letsile Tebogo has confirmed where he will be racing next.
Reigning World 100m silver medallist Letsile Tebogo has confirmed where he will be competing next as he gears up for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Tebogo will be racing at the ASA Athletics Grand Prix 2 in Pretoria, South Africa, today evening, competing in the 400m and he has promised fireworks as he takes to the start line.
The newly-crowned 300m world record holder said: “Something crazy can happen looking at the weather conditions and how the body responds that day.”
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Pretoria seems to be one of Tebogo’s favourite places to run since he opened his 2024 season there, competing in the 300m race and setting a world best.
Tebogo dominated the race having a steady rise from the blocks to create a clear lead by the bend and continued to cruise and increased the gap down the home straight.
The reigning World Under-20 100m champion won by more than a second ahead of Gardeo Isaacs (31.91), while Bayapo Ndori was third in 31.95. He clocked an impressive 30.69 to cross the finish line.
The youngster was competing at the Simbine Curro Classic Shoot-Out ad with his performance, he took more than a tenth of a second off the previous world best of 30.81 set by Wayde van Niekerk in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on June 28, 2017.
Before that, the world best was held by Michael Johnson with the 30.85 he clocked in 2000, also in Pretoria. The fourth athlete to have dipped under 31 seconds for the discipline is the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt with the 30.97 he ran in 2010.
Since he came into the world of athletics, Simbine has been making history and he started off with a world U20 100m record of 9.94 at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon in 2022 and then improved that mark to 9.91 to retain his world U20 title in Cali the following month.
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ATHLETICS Ferdinand Omanyala's younger brother explains how he manages to bounce back from frustrations
Ferdinand Omanyala's younger brother, Isaac Omurwa, has opened up on how he handles frustrations as a young track athlete.
He has since improved his national 100m record to 9.88, achieved when securing silver at last year’s World Championships in Budapest, where he became the first African to medal in the men’s 100m on the global stage.
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