Nigeria, Liberia Join Ghana to Celebrate Paris Olympic Games Qualification at Bahamas 2024: Video

Nigeria, Liberia Join Ghana to Celebrate Paris Olympic Games Qualification at Bahamas 2024: Video

Lukman Mumuni
updated at May 6, 2024 at 6:45 AM
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  • Ghana and Nigeria have qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris
  • The 4X100m teams secured qualification at the Bahamas 2024
  • They were joined by Liberia during the celebrations after the race

Africa was united in the Bahamas following Ghana and Nigeria's qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games in the men's 4x100 relay race.

Ghana powered their way into qualification after finishing first in Heat Two of the relays, clocking a time of 38.29s to achieve their return to the Olympic Games.

Closely following Ghana were their rivals Nigeria, who also booked their place at the multi-sport event with a phenomenal finish in the Bahamas.

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Ghana's 4X100m relay team at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Photo: Christian Petersen
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In a video shared on social media, the Ghana relay team was joined by Nigeria and Liberia to celebrate the epic moment in a heartwarming style.

Although Ghana and Nigeria have a long-standing rivalry, the two most popular countries on the continent also share friendly moments when they meet.

At the African Games in Accra, Nigeria and Ghana went head-to-head in most of the competitions with the hosts being edged by their West African counterparts, as reported by Daily Post.

The Ghana Athletics team will be hoping to secure other qualifying spots ahead of the summer Olympics in Paris.

Africa Games 200m champion, Joseph Paul-Amoah is expected to participate in individual competitions to make a return to the Olympics 200m race.

However, Benjamin Azamati, the face of the country's Athletics is also yet to make it for the 100m race at the Olympics.

Ghana 4X100m team qualify for Olympics

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Ghana secured an automatic qualification to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in the men's 4x100 metre relay race on Sunday, May 4.

Despite a stumble with a baton drop on Day One of the World Relays in the Bahamas, the Ghanaian team bounced back with a stellar performance, clocking a season-best time of 38.29 seconds to clinch first place.

In Heat Two of the second Olympic qualifying round, the quartet comprising Joseph Paul Amoah, Isaac Botsio, Ibrahim Fuseini, and Benjamin Azamati faced off against formidable opponents from Nigeria, Korea, Saudi Arabia, the Dominican Republic, and the Netherlands on Day Two.

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Lukman Abdul Mumin is a Sports Journalist based in Accra, Ghana. He has been writing for the past five years. Lukman joined Sports Brief as an Editor for the Local Desk in 2022.