Ghanaian athlete Benjamin Azamati won the 100 m gold in the Diamond League meeting in Paris and got $10,000.<\/p>\n
The Ghanaian record holder won the race with a time of 10.25 seconds to emerge victorious at the Stade Charlety in just his second Diamond League race.<\/p>\n
Weather conditions in the arena were terrible as the place was very hot as well as windy with a headwind of -1.6. but Azamati overcame all the odds to beat the other seven contenders.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0\u00a0West Texas A&M University\u00a0\u00a0student did not start the 100m sprint that well but managed to overpower all the other competitors.<\/p>\n
He was not the only Ghanaian who competed as compatriot, Sean Safo Antwi finished sixth with a time of 10.45s.<\/p>\n
The Diamond League meetings are part of preparations for the upcoming World Athletics Championship and Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n
From Sammy Heywood Okine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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