Botswana Takes Silver At The IAAF World U20 Championships
There see to be a very bright future for us in athletics as we continue to make a name for ourselves. We are in par with international competition and we give them a run for their own money. Our very own men’s 4x400m squad finished 2nd to a USA team that had Champion Allison, Ari Cogdell, Kahmari Montgomery and 400m Silver medalist, Wilbert London III in action.
Omphemetse Poo took the first leg for the team and maintained a good momentum, before handing over to World Leader Baboloki Thebe who established a considerable lead for the Southern African nation, before handing the baton to 400m Bronze medallist Karabo Sibanda.
The African Championships Silver medallist maintained the lead for some time but eventually ran out of steam, giving USA’s Montgomery an opportunity to bridge the gap between both teams. Xholani Talane received the baton with Sibanda still in the lead.
However, London proved too strong and overtook Talane about 300m into the race, retaining USA’s GOLD medal run from Oregon two years ago. Botswana was 2nd with an African U20 Record of 3:02.81, as Jamaica settled for Bronze in a season’s Best (SB) of 3:04.83. Congratulations team Botswana.
