Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo had to fight harder than expected to reach the men’s 200m final at the Tokyo World Championships. He ran the distance in 19.95 seconds, and while this is a fairly good time, Tebogo was pretty disappointed. It wasn’t just the race time that troubled him. But also the lane. Now, with Noah Lyles and the rest of the field ready for the final, Tebogo has narrowly avoided a repeat of his semifinal nightmare. However, the pressure to get it right this time is higher than ever.

Tebogo was really unhappy with the ninth lane. Talking to the media following the 200m semifinal race, he stated , “I will say I’m happy but I ran a terrible race. First time running in Lane 9; didn’t know how to do it.” But he seemed to have faith about getting a better la

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