In Tokyo, Ghana had acclaimed its aboriginal Olympic badge in about three decades, acknowledgment to boxer Samuel Takyi, who won a brownish medal
Samuel Takyi won Ghana's aboriginal badge at Olympic Games back 1992 in Tokyo 2020 However, the Paris Games brought no such success, abrogation abounding Ghanaians balked and calling for burning changes in the country's access to sports development
Ghana beatific a appointment of eight athletes to Paris, aggressive in clue and acreage and pond events. The aggregation included the men's 4x100m broadcast squad-Joseph Paul Amoah, Ibrahim Fuseini, Benjamin Azamati, and Isaac Botsio-along with sprinter Abdul Rasheed Saminu, aerial jumper Rose Yeboah, and swimmers Joselle Mensah and Harry Stacey
The attack began with swimming, area Harry Stacey competed in the men's 100m bathe but bootless to beforehand above the heats. Joselle Mensah additionally struggled in the women's 50m freestyle, finishing fourth in her calefaction and missing out on qualification. With both swimmers falling short, the focus confused to clue and field, area hopes were aerial for bigger results
However, the disappointment continued. Rose Yeboah, authoritative her Olympic admission in the aerial jump, was clumsy to beforehand accomplished the basic round. This was a cogent anticlimax for Ghana, as Yeboah had been apparent as a abeyant badge adversary based on her able performances arch up to the Games
The clue contest offered a blink of hope, decidedly with sprinters Benjamin Azamati and Abdul Rasheed Saminu authoritative it to the semi-finals in their corresponding events. Despite their best efforts, both fell short, with Azamati finishing ninth and Saminu seventh in their heats, declining to authorize for the finals
The final befalling for Ghana to deliver their attack adequate on the men's 4x100m broadcast team. The team, which included Amoah, Fuseini, Azamati, and Saminu, was accepted to put up a able performance
However, in a crushing blow, they were butterfingers for exchanging the billy alfresco the appointed zone, apery the awkwardness that had occurred in Tokyo three years earlier. The absurdity amount them a adventitious to attempt for a medal, catastrophe Ghana's hopes in Paris
The underwhelming achievement in Paris has sparked a beachcomber of criticism and absorption aural the Ghanaian sports community. Charles Osei Asibey, Vice President of Ghana Athletics, accustomed the poor results, advertence them to bare advance in sports
"I charge acknowledge it [poor performances in Paris] is the aftereffect of what we accept invested," Asibey said to Citi FM. "I feel that if we had done more, we would accept appear better. I accept consistently said that alertness should accept started four years ago. As a federation, we did our best and the after-effects we saw are the investments we fabricated as a country." The annoyance amid Ghanaians is palpable, with abounding calling for a absolute analysis of the country's sports programs. For a nation that prides itself on its antic heritage, the abridgement of medals in Paris is a abrupt admonition of the charge for added able-bodied advance and bigger planning