Azamati Benjamin wins his first ever 100m Diamond League race in Paris

Ghanaian sprinter, Benjamin Azamati has won gold in the men’s 100m race at the Paris Diamond League.

Azamati ran a time of 10.25s, finishing the race ahead of Mouhamadou Fall and Jimmy Vicaut, both from France.

Fellow Ghanaian sprinter, Sean Safo-Antwi, however, finished sixth with a time of 10.45s.

Azamati’s winning time was slower than his time in his last race in Oslo, where he ran 10.15s to finish fourth.

The former University of Ghana student will also compete in the 200m race, where he will come up against reigning Olympic champion, Andre de Grasse.

1. Azamati Benjamin – 10.25
2. Fall Mouhamadou – 10.32
3. Vicaut Jimmy – 10.34
4. Priam Aymeric – 10.35
5. Bruintjies Henricho – 10.38
6. Safo-Antwi Sean – 10.45
7. Taftian Hassan. – 10.52 SB
8. Erius Jeff – 10.62