World Athletics Championships: Joe and Azamati out of 100m race
World Athletics Championships: Joe and Azamati out of 100m race – Joseph Paul Amoah and Benjamin Azamati are out of the medal contenders in the men’s 100m dash at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon.
Azamati placed fourth in heat 6 with a time of 10.18s in a very strong field.
“Its quite disappointing because I had good feelings coming into the competition. And to be able to qualify to the next stage and possibly win something for my country but it didn’t go as planned”, Azamati disclosed.
Benjamin Azamati sums up a “crazy” evening in which he missed out on the semi finals of the men’s 100m by the minutest of margins. #Oregon2022 pic.twitter.com/GrmIDmOmfO
— Fentuo Tahiru Fentuo (@Fentuo_) July 16, 2022
Joe also run in the heat 7 and finsihed sixth in 10.22s.He run alonside African 100m record holder Ferdinand Omanyala of Kenya.
“I came to execute the race, that was the plan. But to think about anything, I cant really complain about anything. There has been some few challenges but we’ve been able to fight through here. I was able to come healthy”, Joeseph Paul Amoah said.
Joseph Paul Amoah finished 6th (10.22) and is completely out of the semi finals of the men’s 100m semi finals. #Oregon2022
— Fentuo Tahiru Fentuo (@Fentuo_) July 16, 2022
Joe still has 200m heat to run on July 19 and the last will nbe the mens 4×100m relay heats scheduled on 23 July.
Heat 6
- Christian Coleman, USA – 10.08 Q
- Andre De grasse, CAN -10.12 Q
- Erik Cardoso, BRA – 10.18 Q
- Benjamin Azamati, GHA -10.18
- Gift Leotlela, RSA – 10.19
- Udodi Chudi Onwuzurike, NGR – 10.26
- Hussein Ali Al Khafaji, IRQ – 10.55
- IIdar Akhmadiev, TJK – 10.85
Heat 7
- Abdul Hakim Sani Brown, JPN -9.98 SB Q
- Edward Osei-Nketia, NZL – 10.08 NR Q
- Ferdinand Omanyala, KEN -10.10 Q
- Ismael Kone, CIV – 10.17
- Felipe Bardi, BRA -10.22
- Joseph Paul Amoah, GHA -10.22
- Clarence Munyai, RSA – 10.47
- Lionel Tshimanga Muteba, COD – 10.60
- Noureddine Hadid, LBN – 10.72