Q&A: Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo on his Olympic triumph; African sprinters | Athletics News

Tebogo talks to Al Jazeera about breaking the American and Jamaican dominance, and the future of sprinting in Africa.

Doha, Qatar – Loud cheers greeted Letsile Tebogo when he stepped onto the track for the men’s 200-metre race at the World Athletics Doha Diamond League in Qatar and stepped away a winner a few minutes later.

The Botswanan Olympic gold medallist made his Doha debut with a time of 20.10 seconds on a balmy Friday evening, coolly glancing sideways at his closest competitor as…