Ghana has qualified to the Paris 2024 Olympics in Athletics 100 x 4, which is one of the favourite events people are interested in.
The qualification did not come easy as they dropped the baton on Saturday in the heats which included World champions USA and Olympic champions Italy as well as Jamaica and Canada at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas.
The squad, comprising Ibrahim Fuseini, Isaac Bostio, Benjamin Azamati and Joe Paul Amoah made amends on Sunday with a blistering run of 38:29secs to beat Nigeria the African Games champions who made 38:57secs, in a sweet revenge to qualify for Paris.
The official split times for Ghana were: Fuseini – 10:69, Botsio – 9:13, Azamati – 9:35, Joe Paul – 9:12. The 38:29s is a Season’s Best (SB) for Team Ghana.
The USA with Noah Lyles made 37:40secs, while the female team made a new record of 41.85secs.
The World Athletics Relays, known as the IAAF World Relays until 2019, is an international biennial track and field sporting event held by World Athletics where teams from around the world compete in relay races, some of which are not part of the standard Olympic programme.
The United States dominated the World Athletics Relays by winning majority of the gold medals on offer in the Bahamas on Sunday.
Credit: Ghana Olympic Committee
