Ghana’s 4×100 men’s relay team has secured a spot at the upcoming Paris Olympics after placing first in the heats of the ongoing World Athletics Relay in the Bahamas.
The team, composed of Ibrahim Fuseni, Isaac Botsio, Benjamin Azamati, and Joseph Paul Amoah, ran a season’s best of 38.29 seconds to secure automatic qualification for the 2024 Olympics.
Despite a mishap in the first heats of the 2024 World Athletics Relay, where they dropped the baton, Ghana’s men’s quartet demonstrated flawless baton exchanges in Sunday’s race.
Ibrahim Fuseni started strongly, clocking 10.69 seconds before smoothly passing the baton to Isaac Botsio, who ran his leg in 9.13 seconds.
Benjamin Azamati, Ghana’s 100m record holder, ran a blistering 9.35-second leg, while anchor Joseph Paul Amoah finished the race in 9.12 seconds to secure first place.
Nigeria, with a time of 38.57 seconds, finished second in the race and also secured qualification for the 2024 Olympics.
Ghana’s men’s relay team will join countries like Canada, China, France, Great Britain, the USA, Jamaica, and Japan, among others, that have already qualified for the Paris Olympics.
This marks the second consecutive qualification for Ghana’s 4×100 men’s relay team, following their participation in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The team, which won silver at the recent African Games, is the first Ghanaian athletics team to qualify for the upcoming Paris Olympics.