Even when his residence nation of Botswana is engulfed by extreme floods, Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo continues to be a hero. The 21-year-old was noticed on Wednesday manoeuvring his truck by way of the closely flooded streets of Gaborone to rescue stranded drivers and their submerged automobiles. A video of the rescue mission rapidly started circulating on Twitter, the place customers have dubbed him “the folks’s champion.”
Olympic 200m champion 🇧🇼Letsile Tebogo rescuing individuals who have been trapped throughout extreme floodingpic.twitter.com/HCMm0bpZFS
— Travis Miller (@travismillerx13) February 19, 2025
Latest heavy rains within the capital metropolis have resulted in catastrophic flooding, reportedly resulting in residential and infrastructural injury and numerous main highway closures. The harmful situations have additionally resulted in colleges being shut down.
Our Champ @tebogo_letsile_, we salute you motho waga matshaba le kgomo… pic.twitter.com/hKQMgoh6I5
— Dave Pk Moilwa (@DavePMoilwa) February 19, 2025
The information unfolded simply two days following the one-year anniversary of Tebogo’s world-best 300m run at altitude in Pretoria, South Africa. In February 2024, the sprinter opened his season with a time of 30.69 seconds over 300m, chipping 0.12 seconds off South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk’s earlier world better of 30.81 from 2017.
Tebogo grew to become a star in Botswana in August after profitable the nation’s first-ever Olympic gold medal at his Olympic debut in Paris. He beat the American favorite, Noah Lyles, within the 200m, with a private finest and an African report of 19.46. Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi declared the day a public vacation to have a good time Tebogo’s achievement. Later that month, the athlete fulfilled one other lifelong dream of assembly Pope Francis.