By Bawa Fuseini, President of Ghana Athletics, has highlighted the Legon Stadium’s potential to be transformative for athletes and Ghana’s aspirations to host international competitions.
With a capacity of 11,000, the Legon Stadium played a crucial role in recent games, hosting not only the opening and closing ceremonies but also a variety of sporting events, including athletics, football, and rugby.
President, Ghana Athletics
In an interview with Bernard Avle on Point of View, Fuseini underscored the success of the athletics events hosted at the stadium, which played a significant role in Ghana securing 6 medals.
This accomplishment has piqued the interest of the Confederation of African Athletics, prompting Ghana’s invitation to bid for hosting the 2026 African Athletics Championship. This showcases the stadium’s capacity to attract esteemed events and enhance the country’s sporting standing across the continent.
We have already started getting requests from the Confederation of African Athletics to bid for the 2026 African Athletics Championships.
When they came, what they saw, I was told that for the last 20 years, they’ve never seen any organization like this before.
We did three official course. And the last one, we had 110, all of them passed.
We have a lot of officials.
We have a lot of equipment.
We have three sets of equipment.
Since its inception in 1979, Ghana has yet to host the African Athletics Championship, with Nigeria having hosted twice, in 1989 and 2018.
This year, Cameroon will assume the role of host, with the event scheduled to take place at the Olembe Stadium.
Organized by the Confederation of African Athletics, the African Championships in Athletics is a significant continental athletics event.
Initially held intermittently, nine editions took place within fourteen years until 1993.
Source: Citi Sports
