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Usain Bolt inspired me to become the athlete that I am& Benjamin Azamati

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Ghana sprinter Benjamin Azamati has stated that watching legendary sprinter Usain Bolt compete inspired him to become an athlete.

He said this in an interview with Supersport ahead of competing at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France. The competition runs from Friday, July 26 to August 11.

Azamati competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and expressed that he was “more excited” to compete in his second Olympics and represent Ghana. (Click highlighted text to read full story)

The Ghana national record holder added that watching Usain Bolt, who holds the world record at 9.58 seconds, was a major inspiration behind his venture into the sport.

“Every athlete wants to be like Usain (Bolt). Definitely his hard work and dedication to the sport doing so well so that will be it, it’s about watching Usain Bolt and how inspiring it was being able to inspire me to be the athlete that I am.”

Benjamin Azamati-Kwaku of Ghana (Photo by Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Azamati is part of Ghana’s Men’s 4×100 Relay Team that is gunning to improve its seventh place finish in the Tokyo Games in 2020. Ghana’s Flagbearer for the opening ceremony, Joseph Paul Amoah, is a member of the Relay Team.

Usain Bolt of Jamaica reacts as he wins the Olympic mens 200m final in a new world record time in the Birds Nest stadium, Beijing on August 20th 2008 in Beijing, China (Photo by Tom Jenkins/Getty Images). An image from the book “In The Moment” published June 2012

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