World athlete of the year Tebogo welcomes stars to Botswana

World athlete of the year and Olympic gold medalist and Botswana international Letsile Tebogo will welcome world stars when the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold moves to Gaborone, Botswana, on Saturday.

Botswana is the second of the 13 meetings on five different continents that will feature on the 2025 World Athletics Continental Tour Gold calendar.

Gold level action kicked off last month in the Australian city of Melbourne, where Tebogo came second to compatriot Bayapo Ndori in the 400 metres.

The Golden Grand Prix will act as a dress rehearsal of sorts for the World Championships later in the year.

Last year, more than 20 000 athletes from almost 200 countries competed in the Continental Tour, setting one world record, 12 area records, 205 national records and 7146 personal bests.