Rose Yeboah bows out of high jump event at Paris 2024 with pride and honour

Ghana’s Rose Yeboah bowed out of her first-ever women’s high jump competition after failing in her third attempt to clear 1.92 meters, en route to advancing to the finals.

She performed on the biggest stage at a packed stadium jumping 1.88 meters and falling short of the 1.92-meter standard required to move on to the next height of 1.95 meters and missing out on the final 12 athletes to progress to the finals.

Rose joined Poland’s Zodzik Maria and Greece’s Dosi Panagiota, who were also excluded.

She is the second Ghanaian athlete to be edged out of their respective event, following Harry Stacey’s seventh-place finish in the men’s 100m freestyle event on Tuesday at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

From Sammy Heywood Okine