# Letsile Tobogo - Botswana's first gold at the 200m olympics

- URL: https://rdjarbeng.com/personal/tebogo_olympics/
- Published: 2025-08-10
- Author: Richard Djarbeng
- Tags: Letsile Tobogo, Letsile Tobogo wins gold, Botswana wins gold at 200m olympics, Botswana gold medal, Botswana beats USA to win gold, Tobogo beats Noah Lyles, Noah Lyles loses 200m to Letsile Tobogo, Botswana declares holiday to celebrate gold medal

Imagine you win a gold medal at the olympics and your country declares a [holiday](https://abcnews.go.com/International/botswana-declares-holiday-after-letsile-tebogos-historic-200/story?id=112702358) to celebrate your win. 
Now imagine that this is your continent's first gold medal in a particular event and the first time your country's national anthem 🎶 was played at the olympics.
![Screenshot of abc news story on Tebogo](/assets/images/abc_tebogo.png)
Imagine you come from Botswana and participate in the 2024 olympics in Paris, France to beat contenders that were expected to place first in the 200m olympics 🥇. Well, there is one person who does not have to imagine anymore and his name is [Letsile Tebogo](https://x.com/LetsileTebogo2).

![Screenshot of abc news story on Tebogo](/assets/images/tebogo_twitter.jpeg)

## The Race That Made History

In a stunning upset, Botswana's Letsile Tebogo (r) pulled ahead to win the men's 200m race, finishing ahead of Kenny Bednarek and Noah Lyles.

![Letsile Tebogo pulls ahead to win the men's 200m race, finishing ahead of Kenny Bednarek and Noah Lyles. Image credit: Africa Top Sports](/assets/images/TebogoOlympics2024200m_colourpop_rd.JPG "Letsile Tebogo pulls ahead to win the men's 200m race, finishing ahead of Kenny Bednarek and Noah Lyles. Image credit: Africa Top Sports")

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References:
[Africa News](https://www.africanews.com/2024/08/09/paris-2024-olympics-botswanas-letsile-tebogo-wins-200m-gold/)
[France 24](https://www.france24.com/en/sport/20240809-paris-olympics-tebogo-wins-africa-its-first-olympic-200m-win-super-syd-shatters-world-record)
[AP News](https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-botswana-tebogo-168aca162724619b2a1718eeb882696e)

[Image source Letsile Tebogo's twitter/X](https://x.com/LetsileTebogo2/status/1821693069978198512)
[Image of abc news announcing holiday in Botswana](https://abcnews.go.com/International/botswana-declares-holiday-after-letsile-tebogos-historic-200/story?id=112702358)

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