SuperSport to broadcast Botswana Golden Grand Prix featuring Letsile Tebogo and other top athletes
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SuperSport is partnering with Botswana Television BTV to broadcast the FNB Botswana Golden Grand Prix live to African viewers. The event, a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver event, will take place on Sunday, April 26, 2026, at the National Stadium in Gaborone, Botswana. It will feature global sprint sensation Letsile Tebogo, the reigning Olympic 200m champion, alongside other prominent athletes such as Gabby Thomas, Andre De Grasse, and Ferdinand Omanyala. Tebogo will be joined by his teammates who won silver in the 4X100m men鈥檚 relay at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Botswana's "golden generation" of track and field athletes, including 2025 World 400m champion Collen Kebinatshipi, Bayapo Ndori, Tshepiso Masalela, Kethobogile Haingura, and Oratile Nowe, are also expected to compete.
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