Botswana's rise in men's sprinting, attributed to investment in young talent, faces potential threats despite recent successes like winning the World Athletics Relays.

<p>Country with a population of just 2.5m credits investment in young athletes for its rise but this progress is under threat</p><p>It was a fairytale ending to the World Athletics Relays in Gaborone. In the final strait, Collen Kebinatshipi surged past South Africa’s Zakithi Nene to win the men’s 4x400m relay for Botswana. The home crowd, a sea of light blue, went wild.</p><p>“It means so many things to us,” Letsile Tebogo, 22, the reigning 200m Olympic champion, who ran the second leg, told re...