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Olympic champions Letsile Tebogo and Sifan Hassan were named male and female athlete of the year at the World Athletics Awards in Monaco.
Tebogo, who was also named male track athlete of the year, became Botswana’s first Olympic champion in Paris when he won the 200m in an African record time of 19.46 seconds.
The 21-year-old also helped to set a new African record when taking silver in the men’s 4x400m relay.
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Netherlands’ Hassan won bronze in the 5,000m and 10,000m in Paris before claiming gold in the women’s marathon to become the first athlete in 72 years to win medals in all three events at the same Games.
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