Samuel Asare of Prempeh College won the 100 metres race in a time of 10.78 sec. during the 2017 Ghana National Petroleum Company (GNPC) Ghana’s Fastest Human Contest held at the University of Ghana Legon Athletics Stadium.
Samuel Asare of Prempeh College won the 100m race with a time of 10.78s in the 2017 GNPC Ghana’s Fastest Human held at the University of Ghana Athletics Stadium last Saturday.
Charles Bilson of Cape Coast clocked 10.79 s. to take the second position in the keenly contested race with Charles Korsah of Winneba clocking 10.83s. to take the third position.
US-based Ghanaian athlete, Nadia Chika Eke, has made a passionate appeal to corporate bodies, institutions, philanthropists and individuals to support her financially to enable her prepare adequately to participate in international athletic competitions, particularly, next month’s Athletics World Championship in London.
There was a major upset in Kumasi last Saturday as a student of the University of Ghana, Desmond Aryee, beat home favourite Charles Okyere to win the men’s 100m race in the Ashanti zone of the GNPC Ghana Fastest Human in a time 10.41 sec.
Okyere, the Ashanti Region-based sprinter who was highly tipped by the local fans to carry the day, crossed the finish line 0.09 seconds later much to the dismay of the fans.
The nationwide hunt for talented sprinters hits the Garden City on Saturday with young athletes from the Ashanti and Brong Ahafo regions set to participate in the third leg of the GNPC Ghana’s Fastest Human competition.
More than 5,000 participants are expected to converge on the Paa Joe Park at KNUST in Kumasi to compete in an open 100-metre sprints challenge for places in the grand finale where they will be joined by winners from the Central and Northern zones.
Following another successful Circuit season which saw the cream of the nation’s best locally based athletes compete at Tamale, Accra and Kumasi, the Ghana Athletics Association will hold the Grand Finale of the 2017 GAA Circuit Championships at the Cape Coast stadium tomorrow.
The three legs of the Circuit Championship were earlier organised in Tamale on February 18, Accra on March 18 and Kumasi on April 15.
Rio 2016 Olympic champions Thomas Rohler of Germany and Caterine Ibargüen of Colombia and 2012 Olympic pole vault champion Renaud Lavillenie of France head the entry lists for the 55th Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku on June 13, part of the IAAF World Challenge series for the first time.
Rohler returns to the stadium where he reached 90 metres for the first time (twice) last season. His 91.28m throw remained the world-leading mark through the end of the season. Meanwhile, the 25-year-old German has already set a 93.90m national record and world lead at the IAAF Diamond League opener in Doha in May.
The Millennium Marathon Sports Company has assured of pursing payments of prize monies to athletes yet to receive their prizes. According to the management of the company, it was the failure of sponsors fulfilling their obligations that had undermined their ability to award prizes to all winners.A statement issued and signed by the management of the company noted, “ all winners’ prizes come from sponsors, so the failure of sponsors fulfilling their obligations affect our ability to award prizes to all winners”.
A statement issued and signed by the management of the company noted, “ all winners’ prizes come from sponsors, so the failure of sponsors fulfilling their obligations affect our ability to award prizes to all winners”.
Barikisu Issahuka from Tamale Secondary School run an impressive race to beat her competitors in the Under-18 100m final of the GNPC Ghana’s Fastest Human competition staged at Tamale last Saturday for athletes from the Upper East, Upper West and Northern regions.
Though it was meant to be an event primarily for athletes in the three regions in the northern zone, it was opened to all athletes, including those from the Ashanti Region who dominated, as runners from renowned athletics schools from the region swept all the top positions in most of the categories of the GNPC Ghana’s Fastest Human competition which took place at the Tamale Sports Stadium last Saturday.
Martinson Yeboah from Kumasi Anglican Senior High (KASS) impressively won the Under-18 category 100m with Samuel Kwabi from Prempeh College coming second with a time of 10.66s and Gabriel Gyamfi from Osei Kyeretwie Senior High School (OKESS) with a time of 10.77 placing third.
