2000 Summer Olympics / Participant (Lesotho)

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Lesotho took part in the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Australian metropolis of Sydney with six athletes, two women and four men.

It was the seventh time Lesotho had taken part in the Summer Olympics since 1972 .

Flag bearer

The Taekwondoin Mokete Mokhosi carried the Lesotho flag during the opening ceremony at Stadium Australia .

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Sebusiso Keketsi

  Men, lightweight - 60 kg: eliminated in round one against Kim Un-Chol from North Korea

• Mosolesa Tsie

  Men, welterweight - 69 kg: eliminated in round one against Steven Küchler from Germany

athletics

• Thabiso Moqhali

  Men, marathon: final, 2:16:43 h (16th place)

• Lineo Shoai

  Women, 200 meter sprint: 25.57 seconds (6th place in their preliminary run)

Taekwondo

• Mokete Mokhosi

  Men, welterweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals against N'Guessan Sebastien Konan from Ivory Coast

• Likeleli Alinah Thamae

  Women, flyweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals against Urbia Meléndez from Cuba

Web links

• Lesotho Olympic team from 2000 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )