Benjamin Azamati has qualified for the men's 100m final at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, UK.
The Ghanaian finished third in heat three of the semi-finals with a time of 10.18s and qualified for the final via a non-automatic qualifying slot.
How
—Benjamin Azamati qualified for the final of the 100m men's event at the #CommonwealthGames2022.
He did 10.18s.#JoySports pic.twitter.com/Z2Ghwjnt8XJoin the Joy Sports FPL (@JoySportsGH) August 3, 2022
Azamati will be in lane one for the final which takes place later tonight at 20:30GMT. The 24-year-old will compete against the likes of Akani Simbine, Ferdinand Omanyala and Yupun Abeykoon.
Benjamin Azamati will run in Lane 1 at tonight's 100m final of the #CommonwealthGames2022.
8:30pm. #JoySports pic.twitter.com/t7mNzY32lN—Join the Joy Sports FPL (@JoySportsGH) August 3, 2022
Unfortunately, Sean Safo Antwi missed out on the final after finishing fifth in heat two of the semi-finals with a time of 10.36s.
Azamati is one of four Africans who will participate in the final of the men's 100 event.
The Africans in the 100m final of the #CommonwealthGames2022:
—Akani Simbine
Ferdinand Omanyala
Emmanuel Eseme
Benjamin Azamati
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