Tokyo, Sept 9, 2025 (AFP) - Quiet Tebogo's legs to 'do the talking' in Lyles 200m worlds battle

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2025-09-09

Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo said Tuesday he would let his "legs do the talking" in his battle with brash American Noah Lyles at the world championships in Tokyo. The softly spoken Botswanan won his country's first Olympic gold medal in any sport in Paris last year, where Lyles finished third. Tebogo labelled his flamboyant American rival "arrogant" after the race, and Lyles's outsized character is likely to command the global spotlight a......

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