Ghana’s 4×100 Relay Team, comprising Benjamin Azamati, Joseph Paul Amoah, Isaac Botsio, and Ibrahim Fuseini, has passionately appealed for increased financial backing and additional time to enhance their preparations for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
This quartet, secured their spot impressively by finishing first in their heats at the World Athletics Relays in the Bahamas, marking Ghana’s inaugural qualification for the Paris Olympics.
While achieving their qualification was a significant milestone, the team acknowledges that realising their ultimate goal of securing a medal in athletics for Ghana will require substantial resources and ample preparation time.
Hence, they urge for support in both aspects to maximise their chances of success at the upcoming Games.
“We want money,” the young Ibrahim Fuseini said, while Benjamin Azamati added, “The other countries, Denmark, Great Britain, and the others, had two weeks of camping in Florida prior to these games.
But we only arrived here on Thursday, and we were supposed to run on Saturday, meaning we only had one day to train, and these are the guys we compete with.”
“So, we need that much ample time to prepare and face these countries, and of course, it comes with money,” Azamati told Joy Sports.
Joseph Paul Amoah re-echoed the team’s desire, saying, “We need ample time and resources.”
Benjamin Azamati and Joseph Paul Amoah will be representing Ghana in their second Olympic Games, and the boys are determined to leave an indelible mark in Paris.