Lord Sebastian Coe, President of World Athletics has expressed his gratitude to Ghana Athletics Federation to be in Accra, Ghana to witness the 24th African Seniors Athletics Championships, scheduled for May 12th to 17th at the University of Ghana Legon Sports Stadium.
In an interesting interaction with the media on Monday morning at the Lancaster Hotel, Lord Coe expressed his delight to be in Ghana.
He congratulated Bawa Fuseini, President of the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) for winning the bid to host the championship and prayed for a successful event.
He noted that it is not easy to organise Athletics events and hoped for a successful championship in Accra.
He was however delighted that he held a series of important meetings with the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) Executive Council.
He paid compliments to the commitment of the government of Ghana for hosting the championships and urged Athletics stakeholders for the support of African governments to maintain sustainability.
He charged African countries to bid for world class Athletics events to develop and promote the sports in their respective countries.
He said Africa must be represented properly with athletes and technical officials.
According to the former middle distance runner, his career was defined by some outstanding African athletes.
He commended the African countries that qualified for the World Relays in Gaborone, including Ghana.
Lord Coe called for the intensified training of Athletics Journalists to enable them to be abreast with modern technologies in information and media.
He reiterated the need to train more female technical personnel and investment in Schools and Kids Athletics programmes.
The press conference attracted the cream de la cream of media houses represented in Ghana Sports
Mr. Bawa Fuseimi thanked the media for promoting the 24th CAA African Athletics Championship.
54 countries are expected to be represented by over 1,000 athletes and officials, the majority of whom have already arrived.
The countries to watch are Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Botswana, Morocco, Algeria and Ethiopia.
By Sammy Heywood Okine
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