The relay team of Ghana at the 2024 Paris Olympics has been disqualified for making a baton change outside the final leg zone after finishing sixth in the second qualifying heat.
Abdul-Rasheed Saminu, Fuseini Ibrahim, Benjamin Azamati, and Joseph Paul Amoah raced against eventual heat 2 winners China, France, Canada, Jamaica, Germany, and Brazil.
A terrible baton changeover highlights the need for adequate investment in Ghanaian athletics and more practice time.
Germany, with two German-born Ghanaians, Owen Ansah and Ansah Peprah, representing them, finished fifth ahead of Brazil.
