Tebogo to compete in the 100m at Shanghai/Keqiao World Athletics Diamond League
Botswana's 200m Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo will line up in the men's 100m at the second Wanda Diamond League meeting of the season in Shanghai/Keqiao in May.
The Botswanan star established himself as one of the biggest stars of men's sprinting in 2024, sweeping to the 200m Olympic title and five Diamond League victories between July and September.
Having narrowly missed out on the Diamond League title at last year's final in Brussels, Tebogo will be out to claim his first Diamond Trophy in 2025 before setting his sights on the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in September.
This year's campaign will also mark a switch in focus for the 21-year-old, who announced after his Diamond League victory in Rome last August that he would be turning his attention to the 100m in 2025.
Already confirmed for the 100m at the season opener in Xiamen on April 26, the Botswanan will head to Keqiao a week later to complete a Chinese double as he looks to get early points on the board on the Road to the Final.
Tebogo is one of several track and field superstars already confirmed for Shanghai/Keqiao, including high jump world record holder and Olympic champion Yaroslava Mahuchikh and 400m hurdles world record holder Karsten Warholm.
"I’m thrilled about my first-ever race at the Shanghai/Keqiao Diamond League! I can’t wait to bring some extra energy to an already amazing field," said Tebogo.
The Wanda Diamond League is the elite one-day meeting series in global athletics. It comprises 15 of the most prestigious events in global track and field. Athletes compete for points at the 14 series meetings in a bid to qualify for the two-day Wanda Diamond League Final, which will be held in Zurich on the 27th and 28th of August 2025.
