Botswana hosted a World Athletics Relays event for the history books

Championships held in Africa for the very first time

- By Siyasanga Monoalibe

Joviale Mbisha helped the SA team set a new national record in the women's 4x100m heats.

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Today may marks exactly a week after the historic World Athletics Relays finals in Botswana, but one still gets goosebumps and flashbacks just from thinking about the festivities that took place at the National Stadium in Gaborone.

The less said about the boisterous crowd at the National Stadium, the better, because what Botswana did, especially on the final day of the World Relays, was second to none and must be commended.

Botswana became the first nation to host the World Relays on African soil, and boy, did they not come to the party and show off to the rest of the world what Africa is all about.

At some point, I felt like Botswana owed me a pair of eardrums because of the deafening cheers. The race that left me with a partial hearing loss was the men’s 4x400m final, where the host walked away with the gold and SA with the silver - a race that will go down as one of the best relays of all time.