School is on break but the coaches at the sports directorate of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have been training the KNUST Sports Team ahead of the 2020 Main GUSA Games.
The biennial Inter-University ‘Olympic’ Games will be held at the University of Ghana (Legon) from January 3 to January 19 early next year with loads of excitement and interest toward the games.
KNUST missed out on the last edition (mini GUSA) that was held at UCC early in 2019 following a change of the academic calendar that affected the sports calendar after the famous impasse that hit the University.
The athletes, who have been undergoing vigorous training for the past few weeks have expressed optimism as they seek to stage a strong return at the University Games.
KNUST will be participating in a total of 11 disciplines at Legon 2020. The disciplines are; Football, Basketball, Tennis, Table Tennis, Beach Volleyball, Volleyball, Handball, Athletics, Badminton, Hockey and Netball. In all, the University is presenting athletes for both male and female divisions.
The hockey team remains one of the medal hopefuls ahead of the tournament. After winning gold in both male and female divisions in this discipline at Winneba 2016, the team failed to defend the title two years ago at UDS but clinched Silver in the men’s division and bronze in the female division.
Noteworthy, the soccer team, that won gold medal at the 2017 mini GUSA in UCC are expected to stage a keen competition in the battle of supremacy against the defending champions UDS and the likes of UG and UCC.
Ten Universities will participate at the 2020 GUSA competition. The Universities are; University of Ghana (UG), University of Cape Coast (UCC), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), University of Education, Winneba (UEW), University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) and University of Energy and Natural Resources, (UENR), University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHaS), University For Develoment Studies (UDS) and The Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA)
Team KNUST is expected to depart on Friday 3rd January 2020 for the games in Accra.
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