Tebogo delighted home fans at the FNB Botswana Golden Grand Prix by easing to a dominant 200m victory at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Gaborone on Saturday (12). The Olympic champion's compatriots Bayapo Ndori, Oratile Nowe and Kethobogile Haingura were also roared on to victory at the National Stadium, while South Africa’s Akani Simbine stormed to 100m success and USA’s Dalilah Muhammad clinched a clear 400m hurdles win.
RESULTS
MEN
- 100m : (-1.4) 1. Akani Simbine RSA 9.90, 2. Ferdinand Omanyala KEN 10.00, 3. Retshidisitswe Mlenga RSA 10.15
- 200m: (-1.6) 1. Letsile Tebogo BOT 20.23, 2. Luxolo Adams RSA 20.42, 3. Kobe Vleminckx BEL 20.45
- 400m: 1. Bayapo Ndori BOT 44.35, 2. Zakithi Nene RSA 44.68, 3. Lythe Pillay RSA 44.97
- 800m: 1. Kethobogile Haingura BOT 1:44.18, 2. Tshepiso Masalela BOT 1:44.77, 3. Laban Kipkorir Chepkwony KEN 1:45.38
- 400H: 1. Njabulo Mbatha RSA 49.06, 2. Wiseman Were Mukhobe KEN 49.07, 3. Victor Ntweng BOT 49.20
- 3000m st: 1. Hailemariyam Amare ETH 8:28.00, 2. Milkesa Fikadu ETH 8:28.67, 3. Demelash Girma ETH 8:29.67,
- Long Jump : 1. Marquis Dendy USA 7.94m, 2. Nikithemba Hani RSA 7.84m
- Shot Put: 1. Zane Weir ITA 20.83m, 2. Leonardo Fabbri ITA 20.64m, 3. Kyle Blignaut RSA 20.32m
WOMEN
- 100m: (-0.2) 1. Hanna Hope Vermaak RSA 11.44, 2. Jingqi Viwe RSA 11.44, 3. Viktoria Forster SVK 11.45,
- 400m : 1. Bassant Hemida EGY 50.77, 2. Miranda Coetzee RSA 51.10, 3. Shirley Nekhubui RSA 51.28,
- 800m: 1. Oratile Nowe BOT 1:58.96, 2. Sarah Moraa KEN 1:59.46, 3. Charne Swart RSA 2:00.01
- 400H: 1. Dalilah Muhammad USA 53.81, 2. Cassandra Tate USA 55.59, 3. Zeney Geldenhuys RSA 56.10
- Javelin: 1. Jo-Ane du Plessis RSA 61.23m