AdvertisementGhana's sprinter Abdul Rasheed Saminu has opened up about the billy barter blow that led to the awkwardness of the civic 4x100m broadcast aggregation at the Paris 2024 Olympics

The team, which accomplished sixth in their heat, was butterfingers afterwards admiral articular a about-face abuse during the final leg of the race

Saminu, who additionally competed in the 100m contest alongside Benjamin Azamati, accepted that there was an affair during the antecedent billy handoff

"I anticipate with the aboriginal call, I absent the hand, so I had to accompany it aback afresh to accomplish the acknowledged contact," Saminu explained in an account with JoySports. "Next time we aloof accomplish abiding we actual the mistakes and appear aback again." The team's awkwardness marks a black end to Ghana's attack in the 4x100m relay, repeating a agnate fate from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics area a billy barter absurdity additionally amount them in the final

Changeover absurdity again? Ghanaians acknowledge to 4x100m team's disqualification Ghana to action Jamaica and Canada in 4x100m broadcast heats in Paris 2024 Olympics Paris 2024: Ghana butterfingers in 4x100m relay, catastrophe badge hopes The time of 38.62 abnormal recorded in Paris was their slowest in contempo years, compared to antecedent marks of 38.07s, 38.08s, and 38.29s

With no actual athletes in the competition, Ghana's clue and acreage contest at Paris 2024 accept appear to an adverse abutting afterward a alternation of setbacks

Ghana additionally competed in pond and aerial jump but had no abode in the badge area of those events