{"id":131994,"date":"2024-07-25T11:53:54","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T15:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hbcugameday.com\/?p=131994"},"modified":"2024-07-25T11:53:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T15:53:56","slug":"hbcu-track-alum-named-olympic-flagbearer-for-home-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hbcugameday.com\/2024\/07\/25\/hbcu-track-alum-named-olympic-flagbearer-for-home-country\/","title":{"rendered":"HBCU Track Alum Named Olympic Flagbearer for Home Country"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-courtesy-of-coppin-state-athletics\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coppinstatesports.com\/\">Courtesy of Coppin State Athletics<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ACCRA, Ghana \u2014<\/strong>\u00a0Former HBCU men&#8217;s track &amp; field standout\u00a0Joseph Amoah of <a href=\"https:\/\/hbcugameday.com\/category\/meac\/coppin-state\/\">Coppin State University<\/a>\u00a0has been selected as the captain and flagbearer for Ghana during the 2024 Paris Olympics, which will take place from July 26 through August 11.\u00a0 Amoah is making his second Olympics appearance at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, where he will be competing in the 4x100m Relay.<br>\u00a0<br>&#8220;I would like to say thank you to the team for selecting me as captain and flagbearer of the opening ceremony,&#8221; said Amoah. &#8220;It&#8217;s an honor to me. It makes me feel honored and distinguished to have this type of opportunity.\u00a0 I feel like its another milestone in my career. Not a lot of people even get the chance to compete in the Olympics so being able to compete and getting selected as the flagbearer is mindblowing. I can&#8217;t thank God enough.&#8221;<br>\u00a0<br>Ghana will be presenting nine athletes at this year&#8217;s Paris Olympics. The heats of the 4x100m will be run on August 8 at 5:35 am ET with the final set for 1:45 pm ET on August 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"131998\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hbcugameday.com\/2024\/07\/25\/hbcu-track-alum-named-olympic-flagbearer-for-home-country\/amoah-flagbearer-2024\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hbcugameday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/amoah-flagbearer-2024.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1440,810\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"amoah-flagbearer-2024\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/hbcugameday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/amoah-flagbearer-2024.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hbcugameday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/amoah-flagbearer-2024.jpg?w=1024\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hbcugameday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/amoah-flagbearer-2024.jpg?w=1024&#038;h=576&#038;crop=1\" alt=\"HBCU Paris Olympics Joseph Amoah track &amp; field\" class=\"wp-image-131998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hbcugameday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/amoah-flagbearer-2024.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/hbcugameday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/amoah-flagbearer-2024.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/hbcugameday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/amoah-flagbearer-2024.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/hbcugameday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/amoah-flagbearer-2024.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A native of Accra, Ghana, Joseph Amoah was a seven-time USTFCCCA All-American and the 2019 and 2021 Mid-Atlantic Region Track &amp; Field Athlete of the Year. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Amoah took 13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0in the 200m with a time of 20.27 in the semifinals. Amoah also anchored the 4x100m Relay to the finals at the Olympics in a national record time of 38.08, chasing down the United States anchor for the final qualifying spot in the final.<br>\u00a0<br>Amoah owns personal record times of 9.94 in the 100m dash and 20.08 in the 200m dash while holding records at his HBCU Coppin State in the 100m, 200m, 4x100m, 4x200m and 4x400m Relays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A native of Accra, Ghana, Joseph Amoah was a seven-time USTFCCCA All-American and the 2019 and 2021 Mid-Atlantic Region Track &#038; Field Athlete of the 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