The president of the Ghana Taekwondo Federation (GTF) Mr Frederick Lartey Otu has expressed his disappointment over failure of the taekwondo athletes in not been able to make it to the Olympics games in Rio, but he still holds a solid assertion that they were the best available.

Ghana was represented at the qualifiers by Danielle Pelham, Eunice Omolara Adedapo, David Adjetey, and Terrance Tetteh Asare,who had various qualifications which made them eligible candidates.

For instance US-based David, a silver medalist at the 2015 All Africa Games in Congo and previously had won an All Africa Games bronze; Danielle, also based in the US, equally had won bronze at the All Africa Games in Congo and won Bronze at the Olympic qualifiers in Morocco; Eunice was our best athlete (female category) at the Korea Ambassador’s Cup tournament organized by the Ghana Taekwondo Federation and the South Korean Embassy last December.

The President also added “They were our best athletes, without doubt because the selection of athletes for the Morocco Olympics qualifiers was handled by the national technical committee headed by the technical director, Mr. Joseph Brako”.