[ 2021-03-03 ]

Team Ghana to be selected based on talent identification- Dr Owusu Ansah
Dr Owusu Ansah, a member of the Local Organizing
Committee (LOC), for the 2023 African Games has
revealed to Happy Sports that talent
identification will be the criteria used in the
selection of athletes for Team Ghana ahead of the
Games.

The LOC paid a working visit to Happy 98.9FM on
Monday 1 March 2021 to outline their plans and
activities ahead of staging the Games next two
years.



Team Ghana is set to be assembled this year to
prepare for the Games and according to Dr Owusu
Ansah, athletes will be selected based on their
talent.

“We are going to use Talent identification to
build team Ghana and that is highly possible we
can place within our target for the Games. In
Congo Brazzaville, we went with over 250 athletes
and placed 20th.


“In Morocco, we went with about 75 athletes and
placed 15th. The difference is that with
Brazzaville, they used the selection to build Team
Ghana to go and compete but with Morocco, they
used talent identification and that is why 75
athletes won more medals than the 250 people.

“It also happened in Abuja when they used talent
identification to select athletes and Ghana placed
10th and also won more medals.



“So with what is going to happen, we can use
talent identification to build Team Ghana and win
more medals. So we want the people to give us the
trust that Ghana will deliver”.

Ghana will be hosting the 13th edition of the
African Games in 2023 with preparations already
underway.

Source - Happyfm

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