Every four years, the oldest and greatest sporting competition in the world rolls around, and the eyes of the world are on the athletes, and by extension the country that fields those athletes. For Ghana however, attention is pitifully small because the number of our athletes is in the single digits.
Ghana sent, I believe, a grand total of 8 athletes, of which 2 have had to drop out due to medical reasons, bringing the total to 6. Other countries Ghana is economically better than such as Ethiopia, Cameroon and Angola sent in significant Olympic contingents, which is garnering them much media attention from mainstream media centres.
This Olympics would have been a perfect time to really prepare and send in the big guns-the UK is one of the big homes of Ghanaian Diaspora population in the world, as such, we would have shown up in big numbers to support.
The England/Ghana football friendly at Wembley holds the record for being the fastest selling international friendly, with 20,000 Ghanaian supporters, which sold out in 2 weeks. If given the opportunity, I believe the same thing would have happened here.
Ghana At 2012 London Olympics
Ghana’s Poor Showing At The Olympics & Why Our International Reputation May Suffer…
Every four years, the oldest and greatest sporting competition in the world rolls around, and the eyes of the world are on the athletes, and by extension the country that fields those athletes. For Ghana however, attention is pitifully small because the number of our athletes is in the single digits.
Ghana sent, I believe, a grand total of 8 athletes, of which 2 have had to drop out due to medical reasons, bringing the total to 6. Other countries Ghana is economically better than such as Ethiopia, Cameroon and Angola sent in significant Olympic contingents, which is garnering them much media attention from mainstream media centres.
This Olympics would have been a perfect time to really prepare and send in the big guns-the UK is one of the big homes of Ghanaian Diaspora population in the world, as such, we would have shown up in big numbers to support.
The England/Ghana football friendly at Wembley holds the record for being the fastest selling international friendly, with 20,000 Ghanaian supporters, which sold out in 2 weeks. If given the opportunity, I believe the same thing would have happened here.