Gallery
Running for Mom PO24-79
Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) was running not only with his legs, but with his heart also. His mother had passed away this year and it was her dream to see him race in the Olympics. Clearly that wouldn't be possible, but he did run with her name and birthdate on his shoes. Equally clear was that he had that extra lift to outsprint a field of great athletes to take the only Gold Medal (or any medal for that matter) for his country. And the only Gold for his continent in the men's 200 ever. Rounding out the podium are Kenneth Bednarek (USA) taking Silver - he is at the bottom of the frame - and Noah Lyles (USA) for the Bronze running in the lane just inside of Tebogo. Lyles had hoped to do the double Gold in both of the men's sprints, but Tebogo's mother intervened.