{"id":25857,"date":"2023-04-21T15:09:25","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T15:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/gaborone-ready-for-grand-prix"},"modified":"2023-04-21T16:24:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T16:24:53","slug":"gaborone-ready-for-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/gaborone-ready-for-grand-prix","title":{"rendered":"Gaborone ready for grand prix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>It\u2019s all systems go for the FNB Botswana Golden Grand Prix slated for April 29 in Gaborone.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a press conference in Gaborone on Wednesday, the Local Organising Committee (LOC) co-director, Tuelo Serufho, said the main facility being the National Stadium was ready.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we are currently doing is completion of minor things like painting. We have also secured Lekidi football centre to be used as a warm-up area and at the moment we are paving the route between that facility and the National Stadium for ease of movement for both athletes and the roving cameras,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Serufho said paving was expected to be completed on Sunday, adding that for timing equipment, they had engaged Time Tronics, a company from Belgium,which has a wealth of experience in such events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not want a repeat of what happened the last time when Letsile Tebogo ran a world record, but could not be ratified because of poor timing. I can now rest assure you that all records broken here will be well timed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, technical committee chairperson, Justice Dipeba, urged Batswana to attend the event in large numbers.<\/p>\n<p>He said this could put the event on an advantage to be promoted to a Diamond League, which would only be the second in the continent after the Rabat Diamond League in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>Botswana Athletics Association president, Moses Bantsi, said they weres happy to have been given a chance to be associated with such a global event.<\/p>\n<p>He also said Botswana should be proud and give the event a value it deserved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis event means a lot in terms of how much it could sell the country internationally, so Botswana has to be proud to be among a few African countries to host such an event and we have to ensure that it gets even better next year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Local artists, Dr Vom and Culture Spears have composed a theme song for the event.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, international athletes will address a press conference today at Avani, which has been designated the athletes\u2019 village.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\">Botswana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. It\u2019s all systems go for the FNB Botswana Golden Grand Prix slated for April 29 in Gaborone. 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