It’s strange how fortunes change. Career dreams are always shaped at childhood –with the hope of making it big.

But, like some top Kenyan athletes, Botswana’s Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo, defied the rulebook. He worked hard while a small boy, nursed huge football career dreams and hoped to excel like some other African footballers in plying their trade in top flight leagues across the globe. Oops! His lofty dreams crash-landed before take-off.

Brave and determined even as he shrugged off peer pressure for criminal activities, Letsile remained focused. He made an obtuse thought: switched from football to athletics after taking counsel from Mogomotsi Otsetswe, his first coach. He’s now coached by Kebonyemodisa Dose Mosimanyane.