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Botswana welcomes sprinting sensation Letsile Tebogo back home after after he won the southern African country's first ever Olympic gold medal. Hundreds of supporters gather at the capital Gaborone's airport, benefiting from an impromptu half-day holiday declared by President Mokgweetsi Masisi to celebrate Tebogo's success. Tebogo, 21, won the men's 200m in an African record time of 19.46sec at the Paris Games on August 8 and then joined his teammates to take silver in the men's 4X400m relay on August 10. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES