Joe Paul as he is known in the sports circles finished third in Heat 7 to grab one of the automatic spots in the semi-final. He finished with a time of 20.35 seconds behind America’s Noah Lyles and eSwatini’s Masenjwo who emerged first and second respectively. He will be eyeing history as the first Ghanaian sprinter to compete in the final of the Olympic Games when he takes to the track again later today (11:50GMT) for the semi-final race. Ghana has so far won one medal at Olympic Games which came via boxing’s Samuel Takyi. He, however, lost the semi-final to America’s Duke Regan.
