Paris 2024: Baton exchange trouble plagues Ghana’s Men’s Relay Team again amid disqualification

Team Ghana has missed out on competing in the final of the Men’s 4×100 Metre Relays after getting disqualified despite completing the race and finishing sixth in a time of 38.62 seconds.

Ghana dropped to the bottom of the final standings in Heat 2 of the semifinals at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris due to the disqualification. (Click highlighted text to read full story)

The West African nation got disqualified on the grounds of lane infraction that stemmed from a problematic baton change between Abdul-Rasheed Saminu who started the race and Benjamin Azamati who run the second leg for Team Ghana.

This marks another disappointing turn of events for the talented group in the aftermath of finishing second at the 2023 African Games in Accra and missing out on securing qualification to the 2024 Paris Games on two previous occasions. Ghana’s silver medal at the African Games was down to a not so smooth baton exchange.

At the Penn Relays, a similar problem happened with the team dropping the baton during an exchange on Day One of the 2024 World Relays Meet. (Click highlighted text to read full story)

Ghana tidied up to finish second on Day Two of the competition held in Bahamas to qualify to the 2024 Olympics Games. In Paris, Abdul-Rasheed Saminu replaced Isaac Botsio on Team Ghana’s roster.