Ghana’s Benjamin Azamati has missed out on qualifying to the semifinals of the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
Running in Lane 6 in the fifth of seven heats in the Men’s 100 Metre event, the former national record holder for Ghana finished in sixth place in a time of 10.30 seconds.
The top three sprinters in each heat qualify to the semifinals automatically and defending World Silver medalist Letsile Tebogo won the Heat in a time of 10.07 seconds.
Veteran Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse finished second with a time of 10.16 seconds while American Courtney Lindsey finished third in a time of 10.19 seconds.
The semifinalists get the chance to qualify to the finals later tonight when the heats start at 20:35 GMT; headline names including defending World Champion Noah Lyles, Oblique Seville and Kishane Thompson have booked their spot in the semis.
Azamati finished sixth in his heat so no semifinals for the man from Ghana pic.twitter.com/Es0SGBMI2x
— Yaw Adjei-Mintah (@YawMintYM) September 13, 2025
Azamati is part of Ghana’s 4x 100 Metre Relay Team and gets to compete on September 20 at 20:25 GMT.
