30th July 2021
After a faltering start in its quest for silverware at the ongoing Olympics, Botswana will be hoping for better when the track events get underway.
The countryâs medal quest took a hit this past 4 days as swimmer James Freeman and boxers Keamogetse Sadie Kenosi and Mahommed Rajab Otukile were knocked out on three consecutive days in the heat stages.
The country will now look to the tried and tested Nijel Amos, Isaac Makwala and to some extent Amantle Victor-Nkape nee Montsho, to resuscitate it floundering medal hopes.
Since admission into the Olympics some 41 years ago, the country has won only one (1) medal. The countryâs maiden Olympic medal, and still the countryâs only medal, is a silver won by the then fresh faced 18-year-old Nijel Amos in the menâs 800m race at the London Olympics in 2012.
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