Working in reminiscence of his mom, who gave up the ghost in Would possibly, 21-year-old Letsile Tebogo of Botswana stormed to victory within the males’s 200m last in Paris on Thursday, beating a box of giants, together with two-time international champion and 100m Olympic champion Noah Lyles and denying him the dash double he so desperately sought after.
Tebogo ran 19.46–a PB and African document. Kenny Bednarek of Crew USA took silver, operating 19.62, whilst Lyles needed to accept bronze for his 2nd consecutive Olympics; the brash American ran 19.70.
Lyles’ end result used to be flagged with a caution for unsportsmanlike behaviour, after he entered the monitor taunting his competition and operating in entrance of them. After the race, which he left in a wheelchair, he stated he examined sure for Covid two days in the past.
Olympic champ Letsile Tebogo strikes as much as fifth at the 200m all-time record 😤
🥇 19.46 Letsile Tebogo 🇧🇼
🥈 19.62 @kenny_bednarek
🥉 19.70 @LylesNoah 🇺🇸 #Paris2024 #Olympics %.twitter.com/plWA7ckgS3— International Athletics (@WorldAthletics) August 8, 2024
Tebogo beat Lyles of their semi-final warmth on Wednesday, in 19.96; it used to be Lyles’s first loss over 200m in 3 years. That is Tebogo’s first Olympics, after completing 3rd final yr in Budapest. Bednarek received silver in Tokyo in 2021 and silver in Eugene in 2022; he received the primary warmth of the semi-finals on Wednesday.
No Canadians made the 200m last; Andre De Grasse, the protecting Olympic 200m champion, published he’s been coping with a hamstring downside after failing to qualify for the general.
In keeping with a document in Pulse Sports activities, Tebogo’s mom, Seratiwa, gave up the ghost Would possibly 19 after a temporary sickness, leaving Letsile and his 12-year-old sister; Letsile used to be competing on the LA Grand Prix on the time, the place he completed 2nd within the 100m. The circle of relatives stated Seratiwa used to be strongly supportive of her son’s monitor profession.