Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo wins men’s 200 metres gold at Paris Olympics

PARIS: Letsile Tebogo became the first African to win the Olympics 200 metres title on Thursday when he powered clear of American duo Kenny Bednarek and Noah Lyles in 19.46 seconds to claim Botswana's first Olympic gold medal.

Tebogo, who won bronze at the Worlds last year and set a national record of 9.86 when finishing sixth in the Paris 100m final, produced a dominant run to become the fifth-fastest man in history over 200m.

Bednarek chased him all the way to take a second successive silver in 19.62 seconds, with Lyles, hoping to become the first American to complete the sprint double since Carl Lewis 40 years ago, third in 19.67.

Immediately after the race, US officials said Lyles had COVID and a yellow card appeared against his name in the official results. Agencies 

Medals Tally

Country         G    S   B    T

1. USA          30   38 35 103

2. China       28    25 19   72

3. Australia   18   14 12  44

4. France       14   18 21  53

5. GB             13  17 21 51  

6.S. Korea      13   8   7    28

7. Japan         13   7   13  33

8. N’lands      11   6   8    25

9. Italy            10   11 9     30

10.Germany   9    8   5     22

63. India         0    1   4     5

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