US EditionBotswana make history with 4x400m relay gold, US take women's title
Botswana's team won gold with a time of 2:57.76, marking the first African victory in the men's 4x400m relay at the World Athletics Championships.
- On Sunday, Botswana claimed the men's 4x400m relay gold at the 2025 World Championships with a winning time of 2:57.76.
- The event took place amidheavy rainfall, with the teams from the USA and South Africa finishing almost simultaneously, separated by just two thousandths of a second.
- Collen Kebinatshipi, Botswana's 21-year-old 400m champion, ran a strategic and powerful final leg to secure the historic African victory.
- South Africa claimed bronze just 0.002 seconds behind the U.S. silver, while Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone anchored the U.S. women's team to gold in 3:16.61.
- Botswana's win marks the first African gold in this event, highlighting regional progress as South Africa ended its campaign with a single relay bronze.
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Team SA men's 4x400m relay miss gold in CRUEL fashion
South Africa closed their 2025 World Athletics Championships campaign in Tokyo with a bronze medal in the men’s 4x400m relay on Sunday. Botswana took gold in the pouring rain with the United States claiming second by two-thousandths of a second over South Africa. Botswana became the first African nation to ever win a men’s 4x400m relay gold medal. They stopped the clock in a time of 2:57.76. The United States and South Africa were credited with …
Busang Collen Kebinatshipi, the last relayer of the Botswan 4x400 m, shone at the end of the race to pick up the first place that seemed intended for the Americans, a few days after his individual title on the distance. Thanks to him, Botswana won its first gold medal on 4x400 m on Sunday 21 September in Tokyo.
Botswana wins World Cup gold for the first time over 4x400 m. In the remaining season races, the USA wins the title.
Athletics-Botswana make history with 4x400m relay gold, US take women's title
TOKYO (Reuters) -Botswana produced a brilliant performance to win the men's world 4x400 metres relay in atrocious conditions on Sunday, edging out the United States and South Africa in a blanket finish to become the first African winners of the event.
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