Ghanaian athletes can’t win medals at Rio 2016 - Former GAA chief coach

A former chief coach of the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA), Mr. Albert Nukpezah has expressed doubt over the chances of the country’s track and field athletes ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic games.

According to him, all the Ghanaian Athletes who have qualified for the games fall way below the standards required to make the medal podium.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with SportsCrusader.com, Mr. Nukpezah stated that, the athletes, despite qualifying for the Global showpiece, are only going there as mere participants and are not capable of winning anything.

“to be honest with you, we (team Ghana) are only going to represent in the games but medal-wise, we will do nothing”, he said, adding that, “Looking at the team, they are not adequately prepared. No camping, no motivation and all that and I don’t think we can do something meaningful at the games”.

Mr. Nukpezah further stated that The Ghana Olympics Committee (GOC), in the last four years, has not done enough to train athletes capable of winning laurels for the country.

He added that the GOC President, Professor Francis Dodoo should not remain at the helm of affairs, attributing Ghana’s poor preparations to the former Ghana athlete.