IShowSpeed Beats Olympic Champion Letsile Tebogo in Botswana Sprint Showdown

YouTube sensation IShowSpeed (Darren Watkins Jr.) has sent shockwaves through the sports world during his highly anticipated "Speed Does Africa" tour.

After months of claiming he could outrun the world’s best, the streamer finally stood shoulder-to-shoulder with reigning Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo.

The encounter took place in Gaborone, where IShowSpeed challenged Letsile Tebogo to a head-to-head sprint.

In clips that immediately went viral, Speed demonstrated his acceleration, which has become his trademark. However, Letsile Tebogo had a slow start that eventually cost him the victory.

Delighted with his performance, Speed exclaimed after the race, "I won that though!" He then shook hands with Tebogo and offered a rematch, asking, "You want to go again?"

The 22-year-old Tebogo responded with humility: "No, it's fine. I'll let you take the win."

The race against Letsile Tebogo is the latest chapter in Speed’s quest for sprinting immortality. In late 2024, he famously pushed American sprint king Noah Lyles to the limit in a $100,000 50-meter dash.

Noah Lyles, the 100m Olympic champion, won the race but admitted to being surprised by Speed’s ‘elite’ start. Upping the stakes even further during his South African leg, Speed took on the ultimate predator, a cheetah.

Released from a cage in a controlled environment, the cheetah, capable of hitting 70 mph, lost the race to the streamer.

With Botswana checked off, the "Speed Does Africa" tour is now moving toward East Africa, and the hype is building for a potential showdown in Kenya.

Fans have been incessantly tagging Ferdinand Omanyala, Africa’s fastest man and the continental record holder.

Ferdinand Omanyala has already acknowledged the challenge on social media, jokingly stating that he would "whoop him by the third step."