Letsile Tebogo makes a case for African sprinters with thrilling Olympic victory in the 200 meters
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00:00Let's turn to some Olympics news now.
00:02In athletics, sprinter Noah Liles revealed he had COVID after missing out on another
00:08gold medal for the U.S. on Thursday.
00:10Elsewhere, local basketball star Victor Wembenyama moved closer to his dream of a first gold
00:17after helping France beat Germany to set up a final against the Americans.
00:22And in handball, host nation and defending champions France squeezed past Sweden with
00:27a nail-biting 31-28 overtime victory to reach the final of the women's tournament.
00:34With a round-up of all the day's action, here's our sports reporter Selina Sykes.
00:40There was a surprise result in the men's 200m final as Letsal Boho from Botswana becomes
00:46the first ever African to win a gold at the Olympics.
00:50In the event, he stunned Noah Liles and denied him from his historic sprinter jubble that
00:56he was trying to achieve.
00:58The American instead had to settle for bronze like three years ago in Tokyo.
01:03It was revealed after the race that he had tested positive for COVID.
01:09His compatriot Kenneth Benarek got a silver.
01:13Elsewhere at the Stade de France, it was Sydney McLaughlin-Levron who smashed her own world
01:19record to retain her Olympic gold in the women's 400m hurdles.
01:24It was her compatriot Anna Cockrell who got silver and Dutchwoman Femke Bol with the bronze.
01:31Elsewhere for the hosts France, it was a good day with gold for Benjamin Thomas at the Velodrome
01:38in the Omnium winning that race as well as silvers in kite foil and boxing.
01:45While all eyes will be on Bercy for Saturday night because Victor Wemenyama and the rest
01:50of the French basketball team beat Germany in the semi-final to book their place in the
01:56final on Saturday night which will be against all the NBA stars from Team USA.