14 January 2025
Olympic 200m champion and World Athlete of the Year Letsile Tebogo of Botswana will get his 2025 season under way at the Maurie Plant Meet – a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting – in Melbourne on 29 March.
Tebogo blazed his way to a dominant Olympic 200m victory in Paris when stopping the clock in 19.46, making him the fifth-fastest man in history. In Melbourne, Tebogo will test out his endurance by contesting the 400m.
“I’m excited to compete for the very first time in Australia and open my 2025 season at the Maurie Plant Meet as the Olympic 200m champion,” Tebogo said.
Tebogo has established himself as one of the world’s most consistent and versatile sprinters since bursting on to the scene with world U20 100m titles in 2021 and 2022. He earned world 100m silver and 200m bronze in 2023 before going on to achieve Olympic 200m glory in 2024.
Crowned World Male Athlete of the Year in 2024, Tebogo owns a 9.86 PB over 100m and the fastest 300m time in history at 30.69, but it’s the 400m in which he will stretch his iconic stride in Melbourne.
“I will be stepping up to the challenge of the 400m,” said the 21-year-old, who has a PB of 44.29 for the distance.
“Starting the season with this long-distance challenge will set the stage for what’s ahead. I’m ready to push my limits and make every moment count.”
In Melbourne, Tebogo will be joined on the start line by the three men he teamed up with to earn Olympic 4x400m silver in Paris: Bayapo Ndori, Leungo Scotch and Victor Ntweng.
Source: https://worldathletics.org/news/news/letsile-tebogo-maurie-plant-meet-melbourne-2025
