New sprint gem unearthed

Machara arrived in Gaborone from Francistown a week ago, as your boy next door, but that has drastically changed after he scooped three gold medals. Machara brought the stadium to its feet as he pushed himself to a gold medal in the 200m men’s final with a time of 22.22. On Tuesday, he once again, performed wonders when he claimed the 100m gold in 10.79. As if that was not enough, Machara powered the Francistown 4x100m relay to gold.

He is a brave young man who overcame obstacles that could have crushed his athletics dream.