Ghanaian sprinters, Benjamin Azamati and Joseph Paul Amoah, have failed to progress to the semi-final of the men’s 100m event at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon.
Azamati finished fourth in Heat 6 of the men’s 100m, where he run alongside Olympic champion, Andre de Grasse and top American Coleman.
He finished with a time of 10.18s, narrowly missing out on a semi-final spot.
Joseph Amoah also failed to progress from his heat after running a time of 10.22s and finishing 6th in heat 7.
Ferdinand Omanyala also run in Heat 7 and finished in 3rd place to reach the semi-final.
Both sprinters will now turn their attention to the men’s 4×100 meter relay heats scheduled for July 23, while Joseph Paul Amoah will also compete in the heats for the men’s 200m on July 19.
Hakim Sani Brown who has a Japanese mum and Ghanaian dad ran a smooth 9.98s to win the 7th and final heat of the men’s 100m at the World Championships in Eugene, ahead of Edward Osei-Nketia who is also fathered by a Ghanaian in a PB of 10.08s while Ferdinand Omanyala was 3rd in 10.10s.
19-year-old Letsile Tebogo just run a new National Record (NR), breaking his own World Junior Record (WJR) with a time of 9.94s to win heat 5 of the men’s 100m in Eugene ahead of Yohan Blake who ran 10.04s, just ahead of Aaron Brown in 10.05s.
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