Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has charged the Ghanaian athletes to make the nation proud at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Bawumia in a Twitter post extended his best wishes to the athletes representing Ghana at the Olympic Games telling them that 'Ghana is solidly behind you, make us proud.'
"As the Olympic Games start in Tokyo today, I extend my best wishes to the Ghanaian athletes representing our country at the tournament.
Ghana is solidly behind you, make us proud."
As the Olympic Games start in Tokyo today, I extend my best wishes to the Ghanaian athletes representing our country at the tournament.
— Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia (@MBawumia) July 23, 2021
Ghana is solidly behind you, make us proud.#TeamGhana #Tokyo2020 #OlympicGames pic.twitter.com/iPo4P3qoxT
Team Ghana would kick start her journey with boxing on Monday, July 26 when Tetteh Sulemanu mounts the ring in a flyweight division at 3:18 am.
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Ghana is been represented by fourteen athletes at the 2020 Olympic Games which begun on Friday, July 24 and ends on August 8.
The athletes will participate in six different sports, which are, boxing, swimming, judo, weightlifting, athletics and triple jump.
BOXING
Ghana will be represented by three pugilists in three different weight divisions. The boxers are Sulemana Tetteh, who is captain of the team and will compete in the flyweight division, Samuel Takyi of the featherweight division and Shakul Samed of light heavyweight division.Â
SWIMMING
Ghana has two representatives in swimming. Abeiku Jackson is making a return to the Olympic Games and will participate in the 100m Butterfly event. Unilez Takyi will be involved in the women's 50m freestyle.
JUDO
Kwadjo Anani is Ghana's only Judoka in Tokyo. He will fight in the 90kg division and will be hoping to make history by winning a medal.
TRIPLE JUMP
Nadia Eke will be chasing for honours in the Triple Jump event.
WEIGHT LIFTING
Christian Amoah has carved a niche for himself on the continent and is making a return to the Olympic Games after participating in 2016. He is the only weight lifter from Ghana at the competition.
ATHLETICS
A lot will be expected from this team after chalking incredible feats during the qualifiers. The team is made up of Joseph Paul Amoah, Sean Sarfo Antwi, Benjamin Azamati, Emmanuel Yeboah, Sarfo Antwi and Joseph Manu.
All the six athletes will be involved in the 4x100m spring, with Benjamin Azamati also participating in the 100m. Jospeh Paul will run the 100m, 200m and 4X100m races.