{"id":1170279,"date":"2022-08-08T10:34:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T10:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/08\/sports-minister-asks-for-report-on-ghanas-disqualification-from-mens-4x100m\/"},"modified":"2022-08-08T10:34:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T10:34:59","slug":"sports-minister-asks-for-report-on-ghanas-disqualification-from-mens-4x100m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/08\/sports-minister-asks-for-report-on-ghanas-disqualification-from-mens-4x100m\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Minister asks for report on Ghana\u2019s disqualification from men\u2019s 4x100m"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mustapha Ussif, has demanded an explanation from Ghana\u2019s International Games Committee and Chef De Mission for the disqualification of the men\u2019s 4\u00d7100m quartet.<\/p>\n

Ghana secured a final ticket with a run of 39.05s in the heats to reach the final but was bizarrely disqualified over what the Ghana Athletics Association described as \u2018technical oversight.\u2019<\/p>\n

This explanation appears unconvincing to the Minister, and he has asked the Games Committee to present to his office a report of what caused the gaffe.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the earlier faux pas [of] 4\u00d7100 final race disqualification, I\u2019ve asked the International Games Committee and the Chef de Mission to provide an exclusive report to my office about that incident,\u201d he wrote on his Facebook page after extending a congratulatory message to the medal winners.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCongratulations to Wahid Omar and Joseph Paul Amoah, who won bronze medals for Ghana in the Men\u2019s Light Welterweight and 200m events respectively.<\/p>\n

Paul Amoah won Ghana\u2019s first medal in the 200m since 1974, and Africa\u2019s first since 2006, when he finished third with a time of 20.49s.<\/p>\n

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