08 Apr 2026

Top athletes have shown appetite in competing at the coming Botswana Golden Grand Prix billed for the National Stadium on April 26.

Those who have confirmed participation include Canadians Andre De Grasse and Jerome Blake, Kenya’s Ferdinand Omanyala, Mark Otieno, Isaac Omurwa as well as South Africa’s Bradley Nkoana, Wayde Van Niekerk who will be competing in the 200 meters men category.

In the 200 meters women, the 2024 Olympic champion from USA, Gabby Thomas will be in the house with the duo of Leah Bertrand and Eyayu Mekuanent from Trinidad and Tobago.

The host country is not left behind as the duo of its rising athletics stars being Tshepiso Masalela and Kethogile Haingura having confirmed their participation in the 800 meters distance.

BGGP spoke person, Calistus Kolantsho said preparations were at an advanced stage, adding that their aim was to re-claim their golden status.

Kolantsho said the event title sponsors and other sponsors will be unveiled in the coming days. He however said most of their sponsors were not new to the event as they have been working with them in the past years.

He said with the caliber of athletes they were bound to attract, they were confident to sell tickets in large numbers and fill the stadium to full capacity.

“The past two events Lefika Athletics Relays and Orange Botswana Athletics National Championships has challenged us to be very robust in our marketing strategies, because we have observed that people did not turn up in large numbers,” he said. ENDS