Letsile Tebogo oozed class at the Diamond League Meeting in Rome, claiming top honours in the men’s 100m race.
The Botswanan youngster clocked an impressive 9.87 seconds ahead of Christian Coleman and Fred Kerley who were forced to settle for second and third places in respective times of 9.92 seconds and 9.95 seconds.
Africa’s fastest man Ferdinand Omanyala was also in the race and was forced to finish seventh, clocking a time of 10.08 seconds to cross the finish line. Omanyala is just fresh from a second place finish at the Meeting in Silesia.
Competing in the tough race, Tebogo had a great start from the blocks and capitalized on that as he cruised to a dominant win. This comes after his sixth-place finish in the men’s 100m final at the Paris Olympics.
However, Tebogo bounced back from the setback to claim the 200m title on the Olympic stage before extending his winning streak to the Diamond League Meetings.
Tebogo started by claiming a dominant win in the men’s 200m at the Diamond League Meeting in Lausanne before stamping authority in Silesia. His win in Rome is proof that the youngster is in the form of his life.
On his part, Kerley finished third in the men’s 100m at the Paris Olympics before finishing third at the Diamond League Meeting in Lausanne in the men’s 200m. He then proceeded to win the men’s 100m in Silesia before his third place finish in Rome.
Coleman’s third place is a great bounce back from Olympic disappointment. He failed to qualify for the men’s 100m in team USA but competed in the men’s 4x100m relay where Team USA was disqualified.
