Other Sports of Saturday, 26 August 2017

Source: Sammy Heywood Okine

Emmanuel Yeboah shines at WUG in Taipei

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Twenty year old Ghana based Emmanuel Yeboah of the University of Cape Coast has lowered his 100m Personal Best (PB) to an impressive 10.25 secs in heats he won at World University Games in Taipei.

The Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) has sent congratulatory messages to Emmanuel Yeboah aka "T-20" on his impressive international debut at the 2017 29th Summer Universiade .

He did the 100m in (10.25 secs [round 1], then run 10.35 secs [round 2].

He did his best to register 10.26 secs at the [semi-final] and danced 10.36 secs in the [final].

Yeboah who quit running for some time and came back to win the Ghana Fastest Man (Greater Accra) Event orgainised by Reks Brobby to search for a Ghanaian to run the 100 finals at the Olympic Games.

Yeboah is now highly motivated that he can become the Fastest Man in Ghana and beyond. He will run the 100m X 4 with colleagues Desmond Aryee and Shadrack Opoku.