Jedidiah Amoako-Ackah, Ghana\u2019s representative in this year\u2019s track cycling event at the Commonwealth Games, says he hopes his debut at the Games will break the ceiling and develop the sport of track cycling in Ghana.<\/p>\n
Amoako-Ackah , who has been staying in Scotland for 14 years, took up the sport less than a year ago but he has managed to make the grade for the Games and he believes he can match the best riders in the event.<\/p>\n
“I have been doing the track cycling event for ten months now nut I know it is not enough of a preparatory period for anyone to really expect so much from me. The Indian team from the last Commonwealth Games (in Delhi) has had four years to get ready but they did not do well then.<\/p>\n
I started out recording a time of 19.57 seconds from flight to hundred but now, I can do the track in a time of 11.70 seconds and that is better than the times that two of India’s track cyclists from the last Games did,” he said in an interview with the Ghana Olympic Committee.<\/p>\n
Amoako wants the sport of track cycling to grow in Ghana and he is confident enough to believe that a good showing from him will make that possible.<\/p>\n
“All the preparation I have done puts Ghana in a good stead and it speaks well of us. It shows that we are serious about this sport and we surely do want it to grow.”<\/p>\n
ABOUT JEDIDIAH AMOAKO-ACKAH<\/strong><\/p>\n He took up the sport through a local businessman in Glasgow and he began training in September 2013 at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow for the Games.<\/p>\n He describes the experience of learning the rudiments of the event as “a steep learning curve” but he says it has been exciting as well.<\/p>\n Jedidiah has always been interested in sports; before taking up cycling, he practised football, basketball, judo, boxing and basketball. His love for sport has even transcended into academics as he is taking a course in Sports Therapy at the University of Chichester, West Sussex, England.<\/p>\n One of his friends from his boxing days will be competing for Scotland.<\/p>\n He sees the opportunity for Ghana as a “great privilege” and he is very pleased to represent Ghana though he has lived in Scotland since 2001. He hopes to get the support of the Scottish people as gets his cycle on the velodrome.<\/p>\n He has been pleased with the level of training he has had so far with the Ghana team in Ayrshire, Scotland.<\/p>\n His daily training involves doing road trips to develop his sprinting efforts or doing laps at the velodrome.<\/p>\n His dream is to develop the sport of track cycling in Ghana and he has already set up the Accra Velodrome Project and the Gift A Bike Foundation to spread the word on the sport of track cycling.<\/p>\n Fans can check him out at www.iamjeddie.com<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Nathan Quao\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jedidiah Amoako-Ackah, Ghana\u2019s representative in this year\u2019s track cycling event at the Commonwealth Games, says he hopes his debut at the Games will break the ceiling and develop the sport of track cycling in Ghana. Amoako-Ackah , who has been staying in Scotland for 14 years, took up the sport less than a year ago […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":33160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[118,1754,1753,3,31,1700],"yoast_head":"\n