Maurie plant meet

Maurie Plant Meet: Botswana's 200m Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo is set to begin his season with a 400m race at the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne, Australia on March 25. Tebogo is hoping to win the gold medal in the World Championships later this year and will be starting his season in Australia.

The athlete announced on his social media pages on Tuesday and Athletics Australia later confirmed his participation at the continental tour gold event on Wednesday. "The wait is over, the dates are in, and the countdown begins, first race of the season is confirmed," Tebogo teased with a statement before announcing that he will be stepping up to the challenge of the 400m in the season opener.

The 21-year-old Olympic 200m champion will compete in 400m at the Lakeside Stadium as he begins his season with eyes on the 2025 World Athletics Championships scheduled for Tokyo in September, reports Xinhua.