2024 Olympic Games 200m gold medallist – Letsile Tebogo is delighted to have delivered a perfect race in Rome yesterday to win the Golden Gala Diamond League.
The win marked Tebogo’s fourth win in a role, and interestingly enough, the third time winning over American duo having won the men’s 200m final in Paris over Kenneth Bednarek, and Noah Lyles, Lausanne Diamond League 200m final over Erriyon Knighton and Fred Kerley, as well as the Golden Gala on Friday over Christian Coleman, and Fred Kerley.
Despite coming back to snatch the victory from Christian Coleman, the 21-year-old Tebogo believes he had one of his best 100m race on Friday:
“This was one of my best 100 metre races. Before this, I imagined what the perfect race over 100 would look like. You have to lock in into your mind and then it can happen,” he said after the race.”
He noted, however, that he missed such a good start in the men’s 100m final in Paris.
“Today I had a great start and it made me think ´Why did I not have one like this in the Olympic final´.
“I actually did not plan to set a PB today. I remember how my body felt after the last time I ran a 9.8. It was hard to come back from that to run the 200 the next day in Paris.
Tebogo also spoke about the essence of keeping bond with other sprinters
“I still have more races coming up and I did not want to get injured before Zurich. I believe in having strong bonds with other sprinters.
“We compete against each other, but we all do the same thing and we should stick together.”
By James K. Attaglo Wilson
