Letsile Tebogo has been confirmed as the king of the 100 meters at the U-20 World Cup

The athlete of Botswana Letsile Tebogo, 19 years old, reaffirmed this Tuesday in Cali his 100-meter sub-20 world title with a time of 9.91 seconds, a new world record for the categorywhich puts him eleventh on the world list for the season.

Tebogo’s prowess was so evident that he allowed himself to celebrate his victory a few meters before crossing the finish line, eyeing his nearest rival. With this mark, he lowered his own U-20 world record by three hundreds which he established during the recent World Championships in Eugene (Oregon, USA), where he reached the semifinals.

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“My plan is to go out and enjoy the race. If someone took this as disrespectful, I’m sorry“, commented the king of the sprint, who wanted to “offer the fans a little reminder of what Usain Bolt did in his time.” “(Bolt) He is my idol, the person I admire,” assured Tebogo.

Asked what score he could make if he pushed to the limit, he replied: “9.80”and went on to explain why he wasn’t: “We’ve got a lot of racing ahead of us and we don’t want to get that far. We want to leave the record here for the next generation to break.”

Bouwahjgie Nkrumie, representative of the Jamaican school that dominated world speed through Usain Bolt, joined him on the podium as second classified with a time of 10.02, a sub-20 national record, and was completed by South African Benjamin Richardson the list of awards with a record of 10.12.

Thai Puripol Bonsoon’s 1000th bronze medal, fourth with 10.12.