{"id":1163275,"date":"2022-08-01T15:47:57","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T15:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/01\/ghana-sprint-team-remains-unchanged-at-commonwealth-games\/"},"modified":"2022-08-01T15:47:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T15:47:57","slug":"ghana-sprint-team-remains-unchanged-at-commonwealth-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/01\/ghana-sprint-team-remains-unchanged-at-commonwealth-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Sprint Team remains unchanged at Commonwealth Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"365\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/296109918_726401071761794_533215436438863600_n-696x365.jpg\"   alt=\"Ghana Athletics Team\" title=\"Ghana Athletics Team\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ghana Athletics Team<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The CEO of Ghana Athletics, Bawah Fuseini, has quashed fears that the national sprint team would be under par at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to GOC Communications upon his arrival in the UK, Mr Fuseini said that there is no cause for alarm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact of the matter is that all sprinters originally submitted by Ghana Athletics to the GOC for approval remain in place for the Commonwealth Games\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated that nothing has changed and that there will be a total of 14 athletes competing in seven different events with the majority taking part in the sprints.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was the plan per all necessary information available to us ahead of the deadline for submissions so we remain very strong and very focused ahead of the Games with our team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Below is the list of Team Ghana (Athletics):<\/p>\n<p><strong>MEN<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Benjamin Kwaku Azamati \u2013 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay<\/li>\n<li>Sean Safo Antwi \u2013 100m, 200m,\u00a0 4x100m relay<\/li>\n<li>Isaac Botsio \u2013 4x100m relay<\/li>\n<li>Barnabas Agerh \u2013 4x100m relay<\/li>\n<li>Alex Amankwa \u2013 800m<\/li>\n<li>William Amponsah 5000m<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Paul Amoah 200m and 4x100m<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WOMEN<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mary Boakye \u2013 4x100m relay<\/li>\n<li>Latifa Ali \u2013 4x100m relay<\/li>\n<li>Halutie Hor \u2013 4x100m relay<\/li>\n<li>Gifty Oku Kwakyewaa \u2013 4x100m relay<\/li>\n<li>Deborah Acquah \u2013 long jump &amp; 4x100m relay<\/li>\n<li>Abigail Kwarteng \u2013 High Jump<\/li>\n<li>Rose Amonimaa Yeboah \u2013 High Jump<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"FKFqHPb-wrU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Premtobre Agokansie on Adom TV (1-8-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FKFqHPb-wrU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana Athletics Team The CEO of Ghana Athletics, Bawah Fuseini, has quashed fears that the national sprint team would be under par at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. 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