Terror Alert! Ghana Triathlon Team Pulls Out Of Olympic Qualifier

Ghanaian triathletes  were not able to  participate in the 2016 Sharm El Sheikh ATU Triathlon African Championships and Pan Arab Championships, that was held in Egypt last weekend.

The event was aimed at building up triathletes for the upcoming Olympics with three Ghanaian athletes;  Rawoof Zakaria, Mark Ofosu Twum and Bismark Mensah, scheduled to participate for the first time in their careers.

They had to pull out due to fear of terrorist attacks and hijacking of a plane in Egypt last week.

The General Secretary of the Ghana Triathlon Federation, Mr Bawah Fuseni told sportscrusader.com that “we had all things put in place for the trip to the Sanei area,but the plane hijacking at that time prompted us to take precautions, so we finally took the decision to pull out”.

The events also saw many countries pull of the competition for the same reason.

 

 

Terror Alert! Ghana Triathlon Team Pulls Out Of Olympic Qualifier

"We Will Take Triathlon To The Next Level In Ghana" - Triathlon General Secretary

Triathlon over the past few years is gradually beginning to establish itself as one of the growing ‘lesser known’ sport in Ghana.

 

The sport of  Triathlon is a multiple-stage competition involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance in discipline such as  swimming, cycling, and running in immediate succession over various distances.

 

The General Secretary of the Ghana Triathlon Federation Mr. Bawah Fuseni has told sportscrusader.com about the potential of growth the sport of  triathlon is already indicating going to the next future. He said “is amazing how people are getting involved in the sports after some few years of introduction, last time we had 70 participant in our last competition and we hope to take the sports to a next level in the country”.

 

Mr.Bawah also emphasized how the technicalities of the sport needed some training courses for both coaches and triathletes to further improve their knowledge and to develop the sport.

 

He lastly pleaded with corporate Ghana to come on board and support the sports as more of the youth are participating in the sport.

 

"We Will Take Triathlon To The Next Level In Ghana" - Triathlon General Secretary