More Than The Score - Botswana: The new powerhouse of men's athletics

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Collen Kebinatshipi became the first man from Botswana to win a world title at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, clocking a time of 43.53 in the 400m.

The 21-year-old was also part of the team that beat USA to win the men's 4x400 metres, becoming the first African nation to win the event. This a year after Letsile Tebogo won individual Olympic gold in the 200m at Paris 2024. Kebinatshipi says the southern African country can dominate track sprinting for the next 10 years. Calistus Kolantsho tells Isaac Fanin and fellow Athletics commentator, Ed Harry, athletics is growing all the time among Batswana and the country's success in recent years is built on a strong foundation built at primary school level.

Published on Monday, 13th October 2025.

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