Botswana's Letsile Tebogo pictured here after winning bronze in the men’s 200m final at World Athletics Championships in Budapest on 23 August 2023. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
Botswana sprinting sensation Letsile Tebogo didn't even need to run in his preferred race to steal the show at Athletics South Africa's (ASA) second Athletix Grand Prix on Monday evening.
Tebogo - a world silver and bronze medallist at the 100m and 200m last year - brought the house down at the Tuks Athletics Track with a 400m time of 44.29sec. The time broke his personal best of 44.75sec from last year in the event in only the second time he has officially run the race.
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