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200m sprint

Letsile Tebogo creates history with Botswana’s maiden Olympic gold and an African first for 200m sprint

South Africa

Letsile Tebogo creates history with Botswana’s maiden Olympic gold and an African first for 200m sprint

By Keanan Hemmonsbey

Wayde van Niekerk wrote his name in the stars at Rio 2016 - ‘He wouldn’t slow down’

Sport

Wayde van Niekerk wrote his name in the stars at Rio 2016 - ‘He wouldn’t slow down’

By Keanan Hemmonsbey

Tommie Smith and John Carlos’s Black Power salute stunned the world at 1968 Games

Sport

Tommie Smith and John Carlos’s Black Power salute stunned the world at 1968 Games

By Keanan Hemmonsbey

Age is no barrier for Italy’s 90-year-old sprint queen as she sets world record

Sport

Age is no barrier for Italy’s 90-year-old sprint queen as she sets world record

By Reuters

Amazing Fraser-Pryce leads Jamaican clean sweep in women’s 100m

Sport

Amazing Fraser-Pryce leads Jamaican clean sweep in women’s 100m

By Mitch Phillips and Amy Tennery