Showing posts with label swimming news in Ghana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label swimming news in Ghana. Show all posts

Wednesday, 27 April 2016

Ghana To Participate In World Swimming Olympic Qualifier

The national swimming team of Ghana are scheduled to participate at the World Olympic Swimming qualifier in Romania slated for 25 of May 2016.


The team which consists of Four boys and one girl namely Abeiku Jackson, Paa Kwesi Jackson, Kweku Addo, Zanobia Addo and Ophelia Swin are in camp preparing vigorously ahead of the scheduled Olympic qualifiers.


In an interview with Sportscrusader.com, the President of the Ghana Swimming Association Theophilus Edzie said, “the athletes are in camp preparing for the tournament, the only problem we have has to do with financing, we need approximately 20,000 dollars to facilitate the trip to Romania and we are contacting the appropriate authorities to enable us raise the amount”.


“We have tried our best in acquiring three tickets for the athletes and we are edging for support irrespective of its source,” he pleaded.


 


The President also emphasized that regardless of what happens at the tournament Ghana will be sending representatives to Rio come August.



Ghana To Participate In World Swimming Olympic Qualifier

Swimming President Confirms Ghana"s Participation At The Rio Olympics

President of the Ghana Swimming Association,  Theophilus Wilson Edzie has confirmed to Sportscrusader.com that Ghana will be represented in Rio in the discipline for the second time in 64 years.


This comes as great news to the country as we are struggling to make up athletes for the mega sporting event in Rio in August.


In an interview with Sportscrusader.com the President said, “the Universality Placement system at the 2016 Rio Olympics has favored us and we will take a minimum of two athletes to the competition, because of our participation at last year’s World Aquatics Championships in Russia”.







One of Ghana’s finest swimmers Abeiku Jackson will certainly be in Rio as he could even qualifier on merit as he currently holds the national record of 24.41 seconds 50 metres freestyle.


 


 




Swimming President Confirms Ghana"s Participation At The Rio Olympics