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Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>Tshepiso \u2018Machine\u2019 Masalela showed determination and a never say die attitude against a world-class field of athletes when he came seventh out of eight runners in 800 metres registering 1:45.57 at the just ended World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary on Saturday.<\/b><\/p>\n

Despite failing to make it to the podium, Batswana were proud of the athlete performances given that he did not qualify to the championships with time, but with points.<\/p>\n

He made it to the finals in his World Championship debut and has qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n

National team coach, Chilume Ntshwarang said learning the ropes at the world champion level had its challenges.<\/p>\n

He said coming up with different running plans or tactics was not wise because an athlete could panic when plans did not work out.<\/p>\n

Therefore, he said Masalela came up with a different plan in the finals as he decided to run with the pacesetters and that it was suicidal.<\/p>\n

He added that he lost his tactical precision and was not decisive of what he wanted to do.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Botswana\u2019s 4x400m women relay team failed to advance to the finals after finishing ninth in the heats with a time of 3:31.85.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Botswana<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. Tshepiso \u2018Machine\u2019 Masalela showed determination and a never say die attitude against a world-class field of athletes when he came seventh out of eight runners in 800 metres registering 1:45.57 at the just ended World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary on Saturday. 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