Botswana has given all residents a day off to honor the gold medal of the relay team in the 4×400 meters. The African Men Surprized, Among Others, The United States in the Final On The Closing Day of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.
To Celebrate The Quartet’s Achievement, The Entire Country Will Be Off on September 29, Next Monday. The Country Celebrates Independence a Day later.
“I Will Tell Everyone: Botswana’s Natural Diamonds are not only in the ground. They are our world champions,” President Duma Gideon Boko Told National Media. Diamonds Are An Important Export Product in the Country North of South Africa. Botswana has an estimated 2.5 million inhabitants.
Collen Kebinatshipi Sensationalally Secured Gold for Botswana in the final of the 4×400 meters as the final runner. Bhekempilo Eppie, Letsile Tebogo and Bayapo Ndori Were The Three Other Runners Who Made History. Never Before Has an African Country won the 4×400 Meters at the World Athletics Championships.
Kebinatshipi had Previously won the world title individually in the 400 meters. His compatriot ndori finished third in that final.