Ghana has secured an qualification to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in the men’s 4×100 metre relay race on Sunday, May 4 at the World Relays championship in Bahamas.
Despite a baton drop on Day One of the championship, the Ghanaian team bounced back with an outstanding performance, with a season-best time of 38.29 seconds to clinch first place.
How Ghana punched relay ticket to Paris Olympics
In Heat Two of the second Olympic qualifying round, the quartet comprising Joseph Paul Amoah, Isaac Botsio, Ibrahim Fuseini, and Benjamin Azamati faced off against formidable opponents from Nigeria, Korea, Saudi Arabia, the Dominican Republic, and the Netherlands on Day Two.
Team Ghana got off to a strong start, with Fuseini 10.69 accelerating out of the blocks and smoothly passing the Isaac Botsio who accelerated to an incredible 9.13 before passing the baton to Benjamin Azamati who continued this incredible run of 9.35 and finally Joe Paul Amoah finished the race 9.12 .
Nigeria and Liberia joins Ghana in booking automatic qualification to Paris 2024.