30th July 2021
After a faltering start in its quest for silverware at the ongoing Olympics, Botswana will be hoping for better when the track events get underway.
The countryâs medal quest took a hit this past 4 days as swimmer James Freeman and boxers Keamogetse Sadie Kenosi and Mahommed Rajab Otukile were knocked out on three consecutive days in the heat stages.
The country will now look to the tried and tested Nijel Amos, Isaac Makwala and to some extent Amantle Victor-Nkape nee Montsho, to resuscitate it floundering medal hopes.
Since admission into the Olympics some 41 years ago, the country has won only one (1) medal. The countryâs maiden Olympic medal, and still the countryâs only medal, is a silver won by the then fresh faced 18-year-old Nijel Amos in the menâs 800m race at the London Olympics in 2012.
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Relay teams head for Poland in final Olympic push
With the Tokyo Olympics fast approaching, Botswana’s relay teams will head to Poland in a last desperate attempt to qualify for the greatest sporting event in the world.
Scheduled for 1 – 2 May in the southern Polish city of Chorzow, the World Relays will see the ‘rest of the best’ converge on Europe in the scramble for Japan.
Botswana will compete in both the men’s and women’s 4x400m events while a men’s team will also take part in the explosive 4x100m relay
With eight of 16 allocated Olympic places up for grabs in each discipline, the local runners will be assured of a spot at Japan if they can get through their heats.
18th January 2021
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics fundraising drive by the Botswana National Olympics Committee (BNOC) looks set to receive a cold shoulder from locals.
With the P2.5 million anticipated to have been donated through sms by August 2020, four months after the deadline the fund is reportedly a skeleton struggling to make ends meet to support athletes bound to compete at the Tokyo Olympics slated for July 2021.
The dull reception of the campaign reportedly accrued just 6000 messages with the money estimated at just a mere P30000. In an interview with acting BNOC chief executive officer (CEO) Wedu Motswetla said it is sad that the campaign has since lost steam due to the Covid-19 pandemic’s emergence in the past year.
Jamaica s Christopher Taylor poses with the result board after clocking the fastest time ever by a 15-year-old to win the boys 400m at the 2015 IAAF World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia on Friday, July 17, 2015.
Christopher Taylor s performance at the 2015 IAAF World Youth Championships at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero stadium in Cali, Colombia will be forever etched in our memories.
Propelled by a gutsy run down the home straight, the Jamaican powered to an impressive victory in the boys’ 400m to secure Jamaica’s first gold medal at the championships on Friday, July 17, 2015.
Taylor arrived in Colombia as the world youth leader, ran confidently through the first two rounds, and was clearly the man to beat in the evening’s penultimate final.
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