Tebogo blazes to world-leading 19.87s as Sha'Carri Richardson loses in Botswana

Botswana's sprint star Letsile Tebogo raced to the expectations and the delight of his home fans when he won the men's 200m in a world-leading and brilliant Personal Best (PB) of 19.87s (-0.3) at the Botswana Golden Grand Prix.

Tebogo defeated Olympic and World medallists in his blazing race, finishing ahead of Canada's Aaron Brown in 20.00s, while Liberia's Joseph Fahnbulleh was third in 20.14s.

The youngster's time is a new African U20 Record, erasing his previous record of 19.96s set at the World Junior Championships in Cali, Colombia last year.

Tebogo is a pure talent tipped to dominate the world years from now. In fact, he is one of the brightest young sprinters that can break Usain Bolt's World Record (WR) in the 100m and 200m.

Having started his season with a joint world-leading time of 20.00s and now lowering it to 19.87s in Botswana, Tebogo is bound to go faster this season in his build-up races and during the World Championships in Budapest.

He also raced in the 100m, clocking 9.91s to finish second behind race winner Ferdinand Omanyala with 9.78s (2.3).

With all eyes on Sha'Carri Richardson, Kayla White was the star performer in the women's 200m, taking a famous victory in 22.38s (-0.5) ahead of Richardson in 22.54s.

Richardson was the headliner of the meet and favourite to win the race, having come to Botswana with a windy 10.57s in the 100m - the third fastest time in history.

However, even with the loss, the US sprints sensation looked good in the first 150m of the race and only showed she has fast times in her legs when it comes to her favourite event, the 100m.

Egypt's Hemida Basant was third in the race, clocking 22.75s.