Joseph Paul Amoah wins gold medal for Ghana
Despite the Ghanaian team's impressive performance at the 13th African Games, winning over 50 medals for the first time, none of their athletes qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games to be held in Paris, France. .
According to reports, none of the athletes achieved the time, height or distance required to qualify for the Olympics.
Ghana had great success in track and field, with sprinter Joseph Paul Amoah winning gold, but his time of 20.70 seconds was milliseconds short of the Olympic standard. The qualifying time for the Olympics was 20 minutes 16 seconds.
In the 100m event, Azamati represented the country's hopes but fell short of a medal, finishing fifth in the final. Azamati's time was 10.45 seconds, a long way from his Olympic qualifying time of 10:00.
3news reports that in the history of athletics in Ghana, only five sprinters have achieved an Olympic time in the 100 meters and participated in the world's biggest sporting festival.
They are Benjamin Azamati, who ran a time of 9 minutes and 90 seconds. Paul Amoah, 9:94 seconds. Leo Miles Mills ran 9 minutes 98 seconds. Aziz Zakari's record was 9 minutes 99 seconds. And Eric Nkansah's record is 10.00 seconds.
Kadman Yamoah and Rose Amoanyima, who outperformed themselves in the high jump event and won two medals for Ghana, were unable to reach Olympic standard height.
William Amponsah finished second in the 10,000km race, giving Ghana a silver medal, but he needs to improve his times to qualify for Paris in 2024.
The good news for Ghana is that the athletics calendar has begun, with athletes competing in a number of competitions between now and June 30 to coordinate time, distance and height for the Olympic Games. It turns out.
Ghana won 67 medals at the 13th African Games, the country's best record in many years.
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