After his victory in the men’s 200m final at the Paris 2024 Olympics, Letsile Tebogo was asked if he aspired to become the face of athletics. “I can’t be the face of athletics because I’m not an arrogant or loud person like Noah [Lyles]. So, I believe Noah is the face of athletics,” was his response. Over the year, this bitter-sweet rivalry has been brewing. Today it stands at 3-2 in favor of the American. The Botswana sprinter has the chance to equal that in Zurich. But before that, he had something to say.

In an interview with Citius Mag today, Tebogo was asked if there had been any conversation about him just focusing on the 200m. He replied, “ We haven’t had that conversation because once you do that, you eliminate the 100m. Once you eliminate the 100m, you become frustrated when

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