Two Ghanaians swimmers Jason Arthur and Abeiku Jackson have booked a place in their respective swimming semi-finals of the ongoing Commonwealth Games.
The 2018 Commonwealth Games is been held in Gold Coast, Australia.
Jason Arthur made it to the semi-final of the men's 100 metres with a time of 56.52 seconds and Abeiku Jackson also qualified for the men's 50 metres butterfly with a time of 24.68 seconds.
Abeiku is competing in his second Commonwealth Games for Ghana after making his debut in Glasgow four years ago.
The young swimmer said he has set targets for himself and believes he will achieve them.
“In swimming, you need to learn how to set targets that you can achieve not any targets that you know you can’t achieve by giving the people high hopes,†he said.
“I set consecutive targets. Last Commonwealth Games I set a target and I met the target. This Commonwealth Games my target is to qualify for the Olympic Games which is making a time of 22 seconds.â€
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The head coach of the Ghana Swimming Team, Kodwo Abbiw Jackson (Abeiku's father) says he hopes all his athletes will be able to improve upon their timing and set new national records at the Games.