Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo is set to light up the track at the Wanda Diamond League meet in Shanghai/Keqiao on May 3. The 21-year-old sprinter will take on a world-class field over 100m. This is the event where he won the world silver medal in 2023.

Tebogo has shown his brilliance across many events in recent years. He won two world U20 titles over 100m in 2021 and 2022 before the 2024 Paris Olympic Games last summer, where he scorched to victory over 200m in an African record of 19.46. He also finished sixth in the Olympic 100m final. Tebogo set the national record of 9.86, and later anchored Botswana to silver in the 4x400m with a scorching leg of 43.04 seconds.

Tebogo has long been regarded as one of the most gifted athletes of his generation. In 2022 he set the world U20 record for 100m. That was where he clocked 9.91 in Cali, Colombia. In 2023, his first season at senior level, he bagged two medals at the World Championships in Budapest. He won silver over 100m in 9.88 seconds and bronze in the 200m, clocking 19.81.

Following another breakthrough season in 2024, he also helped Botswana to men’s 4x400m gold at the World Relays. He was named Male Athlete of the Year at the World Athletics Awards. That same year, he also scooped the award for Male Track Athlete of the Year.

Tebogo: “I’m thrilled for my first-ever race at the Shanghai/Keqiao Diamond League! I can’t wait to bring some extra energy to an already amazing field. See you all there!”

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