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Olympic champ Kennedy fires on Diamond League return

Australia's Olympic pole vault champion Nina Kennedy soared to victory at the Rabat Diamond League, while Eleanor Patterson finished second in the high jump.

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Gaborone gold rush: how Botswana rose to the top of men’s sprinting

Country with a population of just 2.5m credits investment in young athletes for its rise but this progress is under threat

The Guardian - UK

Gout Gout eases into 100m semis to leave shot at breaking 10-second barrier on hold

The 18-year-old sprint sensation clocks 10.19sec in heat to qualify fastest for the national junior championships under-20 semi-finals on Saturday

The Guardian - AU

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Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo claims three countries tried to buy his citizenship

The sprinter, who is from Botswana, revealed that he received citizenship offers from Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Tunisia

The Independent UK

Noah Lyles: ‘The future of sprinting is hazy right now. Nobody knows which direction to go in’

The American sprint king on young emerging rivals including Gout Gout, his advancing years and uncertainty surrounding the sport

The Guardian - AU

Time comes for Gout Gout to prove himself against sprinting’s best emerging talent

Australia teenager must run at or near his fastest 200m times to make sure his World Athletics Championships debut lasts more than a heat

The Guardian - AU

Seville Wins Tokyo 100m For First Jamaican Men's Sprint Title In 10 Years

Oblique Seville won Jamaica's first men's world 100m title in 10 years after outpacing Kishane Thompson and defending champion Noah Lyles for gold in Tokyo on Sunday.

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World Athletics Championships live: 100m finals results and reaction as Jefferson-Wooden and Seville claim world titles

Defending champions Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles missed out on gold in a brilliant night session in Tokyo

The Independent UK

Noah Lyles makes it six in a row with thrilling 200m win in Diamond League final

Noah Lyles sent a warning to his world championship rivals by winning a track record sixth Diamond League title in a row

The Guardian - UK

Olympic Champion Lyles To Make 100m Season Debut At London Diamond League

Olympic champion Noah Lyles reignites competition with Letsile Tebogo over 100m at Saturday's Diamond League meet in London, a week after the American marked his return to action with victory in the 200m over the Botswanan in Monaco.

International Business Times

Diamond League 2025: Monaco schedule, start times and TV channel tonight

Noah Lyles will be in action against Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo in Monaco

The Independent UK

Aussie Yual Reath soars in Diamond League high jump

Australian high jumper Yual Reath has claimed a career-best Diamond League result in Rabat.

AAP

Q&A: Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo on his Olympic triumph; African sprinters

Tebogo talks to Al Jazeera about breaking the American and Jamaican dominance, and the future of sprinting in Africa.

Al Jazeera

If not for sport, I’d be a criminal, says Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo

Mumbai: If it weren’t for his teachers in primary school, Letsile Tebogo may not have gone on to become Botswana’s first Olympic gold medallist. Then again, the man who stunned pre-race favourite Noah Lyles to win the 200m sprint at the Paris Olympics last year candidly goes on to admit,…

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Lachie Kennedy upstages Gout Gout on Australian athletics’ historic night

Teenage sprint sensation Gout Gout was upstaged by Lachie Kennedy in the 200m at the Maurie Plant meet in Melbourne on a night that confirms athletics’ resurgence in Australia

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Kennedy edges Gout in 200m thriller in Melbourne

Lachlan Kennedy has done the sprint double at the Maurie Plant Meet and relegated Gout Gout to second place in the 200m.

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'I steer the ship': Patterson's big change after Paris

Eleanor Patterson will be among a host of Australian stars at the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne, having made some major changes since the Paris Olympics.

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Kennedy and Gout vie for Aussie sprint supremacy

Australian men's sprint stars Lachlan Kennedy and Gout will take centre stage with Letsile Tebogo and others at the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne.

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The Guardian - AU

Gout Gout ‘can be one of the best’, says Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo

The men’s 200m sprint champion believes Australian teenager Gout can secure a place in athletics history books if he maintains his level of motivation

AAP

Olympic sprint king Tebogo to run at Melbourne meet

Botswana's first Olympic gold medallist, sprinter Letsile Tebogo, will be the star attraction at the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne in March.

International Business Times

Olympic Champion Tebogo Aims To Inspire Next Generation Of African Athletes

After upstaging powerhouses the United States and Jamaica to win a rare Olympic sprint gold for Africa, Letsile Tebogo aims to unleash the "deadly" untapped potential of athletes from the continent.

The Times of India

World Athlete of the Year 2024: Finalists announced, no place for Olympics gold medallist Noah Lyles

NEW DELHI: Despite winning the Olympic 100m title, Noah Lyles will not compete for the World Athlete of the Year award. World Athletics announced the finalists on Monday, and Lyles was not among the top two male track athletes.

The Guardian - UK

Wanyonyi beats Arop but Rudisha’s world record remains intact

Emmanuel Wanyonyi won the 800m at the Diamond League final in Brussels, but could not beat David Rudisha’s world record

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30,000 Fans Welcome Botswana’s First Olympic Gold Medalist Letsile Tebogo

Tens of thousands gathered to welcome Team Botswana and celebrate the country's first Olympic gold medalist. The post 30,000 Fans Welcome Botswana’s First Olympic Gold Medalist Letsile Tebogo first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Botswana Fills Massive Stadium to Welcome Home 200-Meter Gold Medalist Letsile Tebogo

The sprinter won the country's first Olympic gold medal last week in the 200-meter race.

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