Botswana athlete storms to African record of 19.46 ahead of Bednarek, Lyles and Knighton
Letsile Tebogo ruined American hopes of a clean sweep in the men’s 200m in Paris on Thursday (Aug 8) when the Botswana sprinter clocked 19.46 (0.4) to beat the US trio in style.
Kenny Bednarek took silver in 19.62, Noah Lyles bronze in 19.70 and Erriyon Knighton was fourth in 19.99 as the Americans filled the three places behind Tebogo.
Tebogo, 21, won world 100m silver and 200m bronze in Budapest last year, but he was a clear winner in Paris over 200m after having placed sixth in the 100m earlier in the Games.
Leading off the bend and followed by Bednarek, Lyles was in third place and had too much work to do.
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