Botswana honour Olympic champion Tebogo, with banknote image

By Emmanuel Okogba

The Bank of Botswana has unveiled a caller 50 pula banknote featuring the nation’s archetypal Olympic golden medalist, sprinter Letsile Tebogo, alongside members of the men’s 4x400m relay squad who won metallic astatine the Paris 2024 Games.

The announcement came connected Friday during the cardinal bank’s 50th day celebrations, marking a symbolic tribute to Botswana’s historical achievements connected the satellite stage.

Tebogo captured golden successful the 200m sprint astatine the Paris Games and aboriginal anchored Botswana’s 4x400m relay squad to a melodramatic metallic medal finish. His blistering 43.04-second relay divided — the second-fastest successful history, according to statistician PJ Vazel — near the squad conscionable one-tenth of a 2nd down U.S. anchor Rai Benjamin.

Relay teammates Bayapo Ndori, Busang Kebinatshipi, and Anthony Pesela besides diagnostic connected the caller note, cementing their spot successful Botswana’s sporting history.

The athletes received a hero’s invited connected their instrumentality to Gaborone, wherever thousands gathered to observe their achievements.

Tebogo is acceptable to vie again this play astatine the World Championships successful Tokyo, opening with the 100m heats connected Saturday, arsenic the young prima continues his emergence connected the planetary athletics stage.

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