Sport Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo Stuns Noah Lyles To Win Men’s Olympic 200m Gold

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Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo Stuns Noah Lyles To Win Men’s Olympic 200m Gold

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TEBOGO — Paris 2024 Olympics - Athletics - Men's 200m Final - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - August 08, 2024. Letsile Tebogo of Botswana wins gold ahead of second place Kenneth Bednarek of United States and third place Noah Lyles of United States. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo Stuns Noah Lyles To Win Men’s Olympic 200m Gold

Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo upset Noah Lyles’ plan for an Olympic sprint double by storming to victory in the 200m in Paris on Thursday.

Tebogo clocked an African record of 19.45sec for gold with American Kenny Bednarek taking silver in 19.62sec and Lyles bronze in 19.70sec.