Given his personal childhood experiences, Tebogo is now on a mission to make use of the transformative energy of sport to encourage the following era in partnership with World Athletics.
He has been named as ambassador for the governing physique’s Youngsters’ Athletics programme, which goals to encourage youngsters to be extra energetic.
“Athletics has given me so many alternatives, and I need younger folks to imagine in themselves, dream large and benefit from the sport,” he stated.
“It is principally displaying them course, as a result of if now we have loads of free time, we are likely to do illegal stuff.
“We begin robbing, doing medicine and all that.”
Tebogo’s skills had been well-known throughout the continent earlier than he clocked a brand new African report over 200m at Paris 2024, turning into Botswana’s first ever Olympic gold medallist.
World Athletics president Lord Sebastian Coe believes Tebogo’s private qualities are simply as precious as a task mannequin.
“When a expertise like Letsile emerges, it reveals different younger gifted athletes the pathway,” Lord Coe stated.
“Letsile is assured, decided and humble, and is already inspiring an entire era of potential athletes and kids.”
Tebogo was again at certainly one of his outdated coaching grounds, Mma Masire Grounds, on Wednesday collaborating in a relay problem with over 1,000 youngsters.
“I all the time go right here after coaching,” he defined.
“I’m going to the flashbacks that I got here from right here and now I am a world star.
“You simply should capitalise on the little you will have and be sure to pursue your objectives.”