Letsile Tebogo, Gold Medalist Saves Lives – Now Everyone Else Looks Lazy

“One Good Thing” is Krotchett’s reluctant nod to humanity’s occasional decency—a brief, begrudging acknowledgment that, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, good things do sometimes happen.

Fine. I suppose every now and then, the world begrudgingly coughs up something decent. So, let’s talk about Letsile Tebogo, Olympic gold medalist, track star, and, apparently, part-time flood rescue worker.

The man already runs faster than most people’s Wi-Fi, but this time, instead of racing for medals, he was out pulling stranded folks from floodwaters in Botswana. And he did it using—get this—a Toyota Land Cruiser. Now, that’s an endorsement Toyota didn’t know it needed: The Official Vehicle of Olympians Who Moonlight as Lifesavers.

I’ll admit it, it’s refreshing to see an athlete making headlines for something other than endorsements, scandals, or an embarrassing podcast. No arguments about doping, no weird pyramid schemes—just a guy being decent. Annoying, isn’t it?

So yes, fine, here’s your one good thing: Tebogo saw people in danger, put his speed to practical use, and proved that some gold medalists don’t just vanish into Instagram fitness sponsorships. Just don’t expect me to get all weepy about it.