Women teams start World Relays preparations

Botswana women relay teams have reported for camp on Monday to prepare for the World Athletics Relays slated for Gaborone on May 2-3. The team is expected to compete in the 4x100m, 4x100m mixed, 4x400m mixed and 4x400m relays. According to the Botswana Athletics Association acting president, Oabona Theetso, the team would be based in Francistown, before moving to Gaborone on March 15, to participate in the Lefika International Relays 2026 at the National Stadium on March 28.

He said the women’s team would be joined by the men’s team at the Gaborone camp and fully prepare for World Relays as a unit. He said foreign-based athletes amongst them Sethunya Majama, Motlatsi Ranti and Tlhompang Basele were yet to report for camp. Theetso said they were in contact with their respective coaches to organise a camp for the said athletes. However, he said they were happy with some of the relay team members, who competed at the Botswana Tertiary Student Sport Association Track and Field event, which was held in Francistown on Sunday.BOPA