{"id":1240721,"date":"2022-11-01T13:26:36","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T13:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/01\/ghana-relay-team-gains-automatic-qualification-to-2023-world-athletics-championships\/"},"modified":"2022-11-01T13:26:36","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T13:26:36","slug":"ghana-relay-team-gains-automatic-qualification-to-2023-world-athletics-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/01\/ghana-relay-team-gains-automatic-qualification-to-2023-world-athletics-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana relay team gains automatic qualification to 2023 World Athletics Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image_2022-11-01_083516458-696x522.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Ghana 4x100 relay team\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s 4x100m male relay team has secured an automatic spot at next year\u2019s World Championships in Budapest.<\/p>\n<p>This follows a quick revision of the qualification rules after Guangzhou 2023 World Relays was postponed to 2025 by World Athletics governing body yesterday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddedGhana&#8217;s 4x100m male relay team have secured an automatic spot at next year&#8217;s World Championships in Budapest.<\/p>\n<p>This follows a quick revision of the qualification rules after Guangzhou 2023 World Relays was postponed to 2025 by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WorldAthletics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WorldAthletics<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JoySports?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JoySports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tQMd4HaslO\">pic.twitter.com\/tQMd4HaslO<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><br \/>\n\u2014 George Addo Jnr (@addojunr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/addojunr\/status\/1587328555020681216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The decision to postpone the World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 23, scheduled for 13-14 May 2023, was taken with the agreement of both the Guangzhou organizing committee (LOC) and the Chinese Athletics Association (CAA), due to the ongoing pandemic conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The move by the World Athletics governing body immediately impacts the qualification system for the relay events at next year\u2019s World Athletics Championships in Budapest. The World Athletics Competition Commission upon approval of the Council has released revised set of rules for qualifying.<\/p>\n<p>Very much like the qualification system for the Oregon 2022, top eight teams from the last World Athletics Championships make the competition.<\/p>\n<p>The philosophy, according to World Athletics, is to replicate a similar qualification system by still qualifying part of the field through direct competition and part through performance in the qualification period.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s male relay team finished 5th during the relay final in Oregon and thus qualifies automatically alongside Canada, USA, Great Britain, Jamaica, South Africa, Brazil and France.<\/p>\n<p>Details of the changes to the Budapest qualification system are outlined below;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1pGTxGXFl7UCkUA3mJ-_jpYS3mFOc49OZ\/preview\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" allow=\"autoplay\"><\/iframe><\/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=\"I-PICuYPVv0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tell your wife to stand well - Lady warns Man  - Obra on Adom TV\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I-PICuYPVv0?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana\u2019s 4x100m male relay team has secured an automatic spot at next year\u2019s World Championships in Budapest. 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