Sports News of Tuesday, 10 August 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• The first batch of contingents arrived on Tuesday• Samuel Takyi didn't come with the team• The contingents arrived with an Olympic touchThe first batch of Ghanaian athletes and officials from the Tokyo Olympic Games have arrived home to a hero’s welcome at the Kotoka International Airport. The delegation led by NSA Director General Peter Twumasi and GOC President Ben Nunoo-Mensah touched down on Tuesday without Olympic bronze medalist, Samuel Takyi. Mohamed Sahnoon, President of the Ghana Cycling Federation, Isaac Aboagye Duah, President of the Ghana Tennis Association among others. He said, “When we set out off to Tokyo, many Ghanaians didn’t have the belief that these athletes could break the 29-year-old medal drought. Today, these athletes have redeemed the image of Ghana at the Olympics.”Adding, ”It has taken us 29 years to do this.

Source: GhanaWeb August 10, 2021 21:45 UTC