Aaron Brown ran to a second-place finish in the 200m at the Botswana Golden Grand Prix on Saturday, besting his relay teammates Brendon Rodney, Jerome Blake and Andre De Grasse on his way to the podium. Brown stormed to the line with a 20.00-second run at the Botswana National Stadium in Gaborone, the African nation’s capital city, finishing behind local favourite Letsile Tebogo, who won the race in 19.87 seconds. Tebogo’s run is the world lead for 2023 so far, and Brown’s puts him in a tie for second-fastest in the world this year with American Christian Coleman.
Saturday’s race marked the first 200m of the year for Brown, and it beat his season best from 2022. Last year, the fastest 200m result Brown posted was a 20.02 run in Switzerland during his last race of the season. He has to be thrilled with 20 seconds flat to kick off his 2023 campaign in the distance, and it will surely give him a shot of momentum as he works toward his next race at the Doha Diamond League meet on May 5.
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