Letsile creates ‘ moment of the month’

Kenya’s Peres Jephchirchir and Namibia’s Christine Mboma. Jwaneng Athletics Club upcoming 400m runner, Collen Kebinatshipi has ran a Personal Best ( BP) of 45.41 over the weekend at the event held at the National Stadium in Gaborone. In the ladies 100m category, Sebele Tsaone showed drastic improvements, recording an improved time of 11.25 this season; she came second after Zambian sensation, Christian Mboma. On the flip- side, Botswana’s celebrated 400m sprinter Isaac Makwala has ran his last run on home soil this past weekend at the

Gaborone International Meet ( GIM) and has left a lot of athletes with the urge to reach the powers he has reached. Badman, as he is fondly known, got position three with a time of 20.65 in the men’s 200m final, after South Africa’s Clarence Munyai and Netherlands’s Bockarie Solomon. Speaking in an interview, GIM spokesperson, Calistus Kolantsho said the bronze meet will continue to grow year in year out and attract some of the finest athletes in the world. “This is a stage where everyone can glow, it’s where stars are made and we are very proud to have provided athletes with such an accommodating platform to excel.” He added that the Meet has lived up to true expectations considering the turn up at the venue and the performance on the track. He lauded upcoming sprint sensation, Letsile Tebogo, noting that, not only does he get international recognition, the meet is also gaining ground across the world. Kolantsho further said that the country also has potential in the field events which have been shadowed by track events. They will do their best to ensure that athletes in the field events continue to have a platform to cultivate their skills and performances.