
Botswana hosted the World Athletics Relays for the first time on African soil, held at the National Stadium from May 2 to 3. The men's 4x400m relay team, comprising Lee Eppie, Letsile Tebogo, Bayapo Ndori, and Collen Kebinatshipi, achieved a new World Relays record with a time of 2:54.47. This performance also marked the second-fastest time in history, just 0.18 seconds behind the world record held by the United States of America.
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