The Ministry of Youth and Sports through a statement have rubbished reports that they have approved a 9-man list for the Winter Olympic Games this month.
According to the Ministry, the reports are false and malicious and should be disregarded by the public.
The Ministry however announced that they have only approved 3 persons for Ghana’s team.
They include an Alpine skier, Carlos Maeder, a coach and an official from the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
This comes on the back reports that suggested Ghana’s only athlete for the upcoming winter Olympic Games, Carlos Maeder, will be accompanied by eight officials for the winter games.
In the said reports it said a eight-member delegation from Ghana would travel from Accra to join the athlete and his coach for the winter quadrennial games.
The delegation would be led by Mr Evans Opoku Bobie, Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports, Mr. Mohammed Sahnoon, Secretary General of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) who will also double as the Chef de Mission for the Games after the resignation of Dr Bella Bello Bitugu.
Mr. Seth Panwum, Board Chairman of the National Sports Authority (NSA) will also travel to Beijing together with Adam Hafiz, Chief Director at the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Miss Farida Iddirs, a Proxy CDM, Mr. Abdul Aziz Issah from the Ghana Rugby and Football Union (GRFU) as well as Mr. Ben Nunoo Mensah, President of the Ghana Olympic Committee.
The opening ceremony for the Games would be on Friday, February 4 and Carlos is expected to lead Team Ghana as the flagbearer.
The games will commence on Thursday, February 4 and end on February 20.
