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24 Aug

Budapest 2023: Team Ghana Withdraws From 4x100M Relays

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Team Ghana has withdrawn from Friday’s 4x100m relay heats at the ongoing World Athletics Championships after two members of the team picked up injuries during their individual events on Wednesday. The decision was taken after James Dadzie and Joseph Paul Amoah picked up injuries in the men’s 200m heats during the morning session of Day 5. In a statement on Wednesday evening, Ghana Athletics said the decision was taken in consultation with the Honorable Minister of Youth and Sports, Hon. Mustapha Ussif and affirmed that “it is in the best interest and greater good of James and Joseph’s careers to…

09 May

US-based Athletics Coach Tips New Sensation James Dadzie For Greatness

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Ghanaian athletics coach Elorm Amenakpor has predicted a bright future for sprints sensation, James Dadzie, saying the youngster has the potential to run even faster and break more records if he remained focused, disciplined, worked even harder and did not get carried away by his recent feats in US collegiate athletics. Last week Dadzie ran a blistering 19.79 seconds over 200 metres at the Crofoot Shootout in Lubbock, Texas, to set a new Ghana record as he obliterated the existing mark of 20.08 seconds set in 2019 by US-based Joseph Paul Amoah. On that historic day, the athlete ran an…

02 May

World Athletics Championships: After His 200m Qualification, James Dadzie Wants 100m Spot

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Ghana’s new 200m record holder, James Dadzie is eyeing securing a 100m berth at Budapest, for the World Athletics Championships. Dadzie qualified for the 200m event with a world leading 19.79 seconds run at the Corky/Crofoot shootout. Despite his excitement, Dadzie told JoySports he ‘did not believe’ he had really posted the time – after beating up and coming sensation, Issam Asinga – which saw him become the third fastest collegiate athlete over 200m. He’s also moved up to number five, from 39, in Africa’s top times in the event. But Dadzie has not hinted at any signs of relaxing,…

30 Apr

Athletics: James Dadzie Sets Blistering New National Record In 200m Event

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Western Texas College student, James Dadzie, has set a new national record in the men’s 200m event with a blistering 19.79s (+1.3m/s) run at the Crofoot Shootout in Lubbock, Texas on Saturday night. The former University of Ghana student shaved off a stunning 0.29 seconds from Joseph Amoah’s national record of 20.08 seconds set in 2019. He becomes the first Ghanaian athlete to ever run under 20 seconds in the 200m. If the event and wind reading are ratified, Dadzie would have booked for himself a place in this year’s World Athletics Championships in Budapest. Earlier on the same day,…