Ghana high jumper, Rose Amoaniwaa Yeboah, has pinned her inability to put up a better performance at the Africa Athletics Championship on the poor condition of the running track at the Japoma Stadium in Doaula, Cameroon despite winning gold at the competition.
She said this in an interview with Citi Sports after clinching her second gold medal at the Championships with a jump of 1.87 metres after winning gold at the 2022 edition in Mauritius.
Yeboah, who has qualified to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, went into the competition after jumping a height of 1.97 metres and believes the poor state of the track played a role in her failure to better the mark.
“I have already jumped 1.97 but I couldn’t make a higher height here because the track wasn’t good enough for a smooth take off to put up a better performance so I feel like that was what caused me not to jump a better height.”
Yeboah has had a brilliant 2024 campaign thus far with the former Kumasi Girls High School athlete winning gold at the 2023 African Games in Accra.