ATHLETICS could give Ghana their first ever Olympic medal in the Men’s 4x100m relay after they booked their spot in the finals, following a blistering run in their heat that secured the quartet a new national record in the event.
The Olympics have earned Ghana four medals (three bronze and one silver) in boxing, and a bronze medal by the Under-23 national football team in 1992.
The quartet of Sean Safo-Antwi, Benjamin Azamati, Emmanuel Yeboah and Joseph Paul Amoah, finished fifth in a very fast heat with a time of 38.08s to secure them a place in today’s final.
The Olympic debutants slashed 0.04s off the previous record which stood at 38.12s, set at the 1997 World Championships in Greece by the quartet of Abu Duah, Eric Nkansah, Aziz Zakari and Emmanuel Tuffour.
Jamaica won the heat 1 comfortably in 37.82 seconds, ahead of Great Britain [38.02], Japan [38.16], and France [38.18] followed by Italy [37.95] and Germany [38.06] finished third and fourth respectfully to complete the list,
Speaking ahead of the finals, Captain of the Ghana Athletics team, Joseph Paul Amoah, has assured that they are going to put on a good show in the men’s 4x100m relay final slated for the Tokyo Olympic Stadium in Japan.
Despite qualifying via the fastest loser route, Joseph Amoah believes they have still got what it takes to cause an upset:
“We work super hard for moments like this,” he tweeted.“The finals gonna be different.”
Ghana (lane 2) will compete in the finals against Jamaica, Great Britain, Japan, Germany, Italy, Chinaand Canada.
