Canada’s Fastest Man Effah promotes the National Championships

Sam Effah (Photograph by: Grant Black, Calgary Herald)
Sam Effah (Photograph by: Grant Black, Calgary Herald)
Sam Effah (Photograph by: Grant Black, Calgary Herald)
Sam Effah (Photograph by: Grant Black, Calgary Herald)

So, next month’s national track and field championships represent the next big step toward Effah’s ultimate goal of qualifying for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

“It’s huge,” said Effah. “To have nationals here, it’s big. It just goes to show everything we have here in Calgary.

“People from high schools, elementary and junior highs and even just the people of Calgary can come watch our homegrown athletes and see what they can do.”

Effah, who ran alongside Usain Bolt, the fastest man in the world, in the 200-metre race at the 2009 world championships in Berlin, settled for racing a group of elementary school kids at Glenmore Athletic Park on Wednesday.

via Calgary Herald
Photos: Sam Effah (Photograph by: Grant Black, Calgary Herald)