{"id":1165097,"date":"2022-08-03T16:12:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T16:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/03\/benjamin-azamati-wins-mens-100m\/"},"modified":"2022-08-03T16:12:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T16:12:41","slug":"benjamin-azamati-wins-mens-100m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/03\/benjamin-azamati-wins-mens-100m\/","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Azamati wins Men\u2019s 100m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"472\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/1652692163_771_az-696x472.png\"   alt=\"Benjamin Azamati\" title=\"Benjamin Azamati\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Benjamin Azamati <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Benjamin Azamati has qualified for the semi-final of the men\u2019s 100 metres race at the ongoing 2022 Commonwealth Games after coming first in heat 7.<\/p>\n<p>Azamati finished first in the heats with a time of 10.19 sub-seconds to advance to the semis in the Men\u2019s 100m dash.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghanaian\u00a0managed to beat off competition from Welsh athlete Jeremiah Azu and Bangladesh runner I. Rahman who finished second and third respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Azamati\u2019s time of 10.19 sub-seconds was below what he did at the 2022 World Athletics Championships where he finished the heats at a time of 10.189 sub-seconds and still failed to progress to the next round.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Azamati would come up in the semi-finals on Wednesday, August 3rd where he would face some of the finest athletes at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile,\u00a0sprinter, Sean Safo-Antwi has advanced to the semi-finals of the men\u2019s 100m race.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"536\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/sean-safo-antwi-750x536-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2145077\"  \/><figcaption><strong>Sean Safo-Antwi<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 31-year-old ran a time of 10.33s and finished fourth in Heat 10 of the men\u2019s 100m race.<\/p>\n<p>Sean Safo-Antwi ended the Heats with one of the best times among the non-automatic qualifiers.<\/p>\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=\"2awj7yI9oNg\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Food Poisoning - Badwam Afisem on Adom TV (3-8-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2awj7yI9oNg?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>Benjamin Azamati Benjamin Azamati has qualified for the semi-final of the men\u2019s 100 metres race at the ongoing 2022 Commonwealth Games after coming first in heat 7. Azamati finished first in the heats with a time of 10.19 sub-seconds to advance to the semis in the Men\u2019s 100m dash. 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