Ghana’s Benjamin Azamati has called his 9th place finish in the men’s 100m semifinals at the 2024 Olympics in Paris “possibly the worst race of his season.”
Azamati did not advance to the finals after placing ninth in Heat One of the semifinals with a time of 10.17 seconds, slower than his previous heat time of 10.06 seconds, which had secured his spot in the semifinals.
At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Azamati also did not progress past the semifinals.
Jamaica’s Oblique Seville won the first heat with a personal best of 9.81 seconds, followed by reigning World Champion Noah Lyles in second with 9.83 seconds, and Great Britain’s Louie Hinchliffe in third with 9.97 seconds.
Reflecting on his performance, Azamati acknowledged that it was not one of his best races this season, but he remained appreciative of reaching the semifinals, noting, “It was probably one of my worst races, but I can’t complain looking back at this season. I’ve worked hard to get here.”
“I think it was good for me getting in there but obviously I couldn’t put together a good race in the semi-final. Now it’s still a learning process, the only way we can move forward is not giving up, you know.
“There’s still Olympics to go, there’s still World Championships next year, so my head is still high, you know. Just get back to training, get back to training hard and then you know come back and do it next time”.
