Botswana's first Olympic gold medallist: "I thought it was the end of the world"
When Letile Tebogo (21, Botswana) won the gold medal in the men's 200m at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the Botswana government designated August 8, the day Tebogo won, as a 'national holiday.' Additionally, the Botswana government gifted Tebogo two houses. "I plan to continue living in the place where I live with my mother," Tebogo said in an int