The Botswana Golden Grand Prix 2023 is all set to begin very soon and fans are eager to find out how to watch their favourite stars live, along with details like schedule and prize money
American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson is all set to run her first 200m of the 2023 season in the upcoming competition.
Botswana Golden Grand Prix 2023 schedule, date, events, venue, prize money, live stream telecast
Winners in each individual event will receive a maximum of P65 000 while losers will bag a minimum of P4 000 in both men’s and women’s events this year.
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5 days left until the FNB Botswana Golden Grand Prix! 🏃♀️🏃♂️ The anticipation is growing – are you ready for this epic track and field event happening on April 29th, 2023?
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— First National Bank (@FNB_Botswana) April 24, 2023
Introducing Botswana Athletes to participate at the upcoming Botswana Golden Grand Prix scheduled for the 29th April, 2023 at the National Stadium –Gaborone from 1430hrs.
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— Botswana Government (@BWGovernment) April 21, 2023
The Botswana Golden Grand Prix will take place on April 29, at the National Stadium in Gaborone. Aside from Richardson, Olympic champion Andre De Grasse is one of the stars to watch in the men’s 200.
Botswana will host the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold series event for the first time.
Botswana Golden Grand Prix 2023 competition preview
Richardson’s last women’s 200m race outside the U.S. Trials was at the NYC Grand Prix on June 12 last year. She won that race with a time of 22.47 seconds. Throughout her career, the 23-year-old’s fastest recorded time for 200m is 22.00 seconds during a 2020 meet in Monteverde, Florida.
Richardson will line up alongside various key compatriots in the upcoming competition. This includes World Championships bronze medallists (4x100m) Kiara Parker and Dezerea Bryant, 2019 NCAA indoor 200m champion Kayla White.
Alongside those names is African Games 200m champion Gina Bass from the Gambia. Bass recently just won double sprints at the Grand Prix International de Doula. South Africa’s latest generational sprinting talent Viwe Jingqi will also feature in the starting line alongside local pair Lydia Jele and Winnie Sarefo.
In the men’s 100m competition, five men with the best sub-10-second records will compete against each other including world silver medallist Marvin Bracy and Kenya’s Ferdinand Omanyala. Omanyala is the current African record champion at 9.77, and also the reigning African and Commonwealth 100m titleholder.
Kenny Bednarek, the World and Olympic 200m silver medallist will also compete alongside Canada’s world 4x100m champion Aaron Brown. Other stars include Liberian record-holder Emmanuel Matadi, and Benji Richardson, the South African triple world U20 medallist.
2023 Botswana Golden Grand Prix full schedule
Given below is the full schedule for the 2023 Botswana Golden Grand Prix with all times in South African Standard Time (SAST):
| Start time | Event |
| 13:10 | Long jump women |
| 13:10 | Shot put men |
| 14:35 | 400m hurdles men |
| 14:45 | 400m women B race |
| 14:52 | 400m women |
| 14:55 | Long Jump men |
| 15:00 | Shot put women |
| 15:02 | 100m women B race |
| 15:09 | 100m women |
| 15:16 | 100m men B race |
| 15:23 | 100m men |
| 15:33 | 400m men B race |
| 15:40 | 400m men |
| 15:50 | 800m women |
| 15:57 | 800m men |
| 16:09 | 200m women |
| 16:16 | 200m men B race |
| 16:23 | 200m men |
| 16:50 | 4 x 400m mixed |
| 17:05 | 4 x 100m men |
How to watch the 2023 Botswana Golden Grand Prix live
Interested viewers in Africa can watch the live action of the Botswana Golden Grand Prix 2023 live on SuperSport’s TV broadcast channels and live streaming services. Meanwhile, fans in other territories can find coverage details and highlights via the official Botswana Golden Grand Prix website. Fans can also purchase tickets for the event on the website.
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