‘This was one of my best 100m races,’ says Tebogo after running a 9.87 PB to win in Rome
Olympic 200m champion, Letsile Tebogo ran a new 9.87 lifetime best to win the 100m event at the Golden Gala Diamond League meeting in Rome on Friday night and the Botswana star confessed it was one of the best he has ran in the event.
The 21-year-old has won for the third time in a row since he made history in Paris as the first African man to win the 200m gold at the Olympics.
‘This was one of my best 100 metre races. Before this, I imagined what the perfect race over 100 would look like. You have to look in into your mind and then it can happen. Today I had a great start, and it made me think ´Why did I not have one like this in the Olympic final.
‘I actually did not plan to set a PB today. I remember how my body felt after the last time I ran a 9.8. It was hard to come back from that to run the 200 the next day in Paris.
‘I still have more races coming up and I did not want to get injured before Zurich. I believe in having strong bonds with other sprinters. We compete against each other, but we all do the same thing and we should stick together,’ said the Botswana who now tops the 200m world ranking.
