Ghana’s Alex Amankwa was dejected and broke down in tears following his disqualification from the men’s 800 metres on Wednesday at the ongoing world athletics championships in Oregon.
Amankwa, one of the West African country’s remaining hopefuls at the championships was disqualified from heat 2 for lane violation.
A qualification was on the card despite finishing 4th as one of the best times of the Heats. Amankwa finished with a time of 1:45.92 in his Heat and could have still sailed through to the semi-finals with one of the superior times outside the automatic qualification slots.
Replay showed that the Ghanaian 800 metres runner stepped inside the borderline thrice just before the legal switch meaning he had violated the rules.
An inconsolable Amankwa lamented; “I worked too hard and a moment like this breaks me and discourages me but I know this is going to make me better.”
Amankwa in an interview with Ghanaian Journalist, Fentuo Tahiru could not hide his disappointment as he wept profusely like a baby but remained upbeat about his future prospects.
As it stands, Ghana’s chances of winning a third medal at the world championships continue to dwindle as they keep on blowing away chances with the championships coming to a climax this weekend.
Ghana is now turning all its attention to the men’s 4×100 relay and long jump which are scheduled for Saturday July 23, 2022.
While Ghana’s stocks continue to fall at the championships other African countries like Ethiopia (8 medals), Kenya (6 medals) and Uganda ( 2 medals) have theirs rising.
Credit: Alexander Anyankwaa/ AaiP
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