2024 Olympics: half public holiday declared in Botswana in honor of Letsile Tebogo

2024-08-13 09:44:08

President Mokgweetsi Masisi announced on Tuesday afternoon a half-day holiday in honor of sprinter Letsile Tebogo, who brought the southern African country the first Olympic gold medal in its history by winning the 200 m in Paris. The former president has given his 2.3 million citizens a half-day holiday on Friday to celebrate the “Botswana idea”. According to a government press release, he will be at the airport to welcome the national Olympic team, expected at the beginning of the afternoon with the one who won gold in 200m as well as silver in 4x400m relay, bringing the total number. of Olympic medals in the country’s history to four. When he was 21 years old, Tebogo became the first African to win the 200m at the Olympics with a beat, in 19”46, a new African record, 27 percent of the Jamaican Usain Bolt’s world record (19”19). Americans Kenny Bednarek and Noah Lyles.
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