PARIS, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Letsile Tebogo secured Botswana's first gold medal of the Paris Olympics by winning the men's 200m sprint final on Thursday.
The 21-year-old held off challenges from Americans Kenneth Bednarek and Noah Lyles to prevail in 19.46 seconds at Stade de France.
Bednarek took silver in 19.62 and newly-crowned 100m champion Lyles claimed bronze in 19.70.
