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Ghana bid farewell to the World Athletics Championship underway in Moscow, Russia after Janet Amponsah failed to go past the 200m heats. Amponsah, the nation�s torchbearer for the global championship finished bottom (7th position) in the heats of Thursday morning with a time of 24.07s. The 20-year old failed to make the cut from a line-up that included no major big names, with a time below the 23.41s she made at the World Junior Championships in Barcelona, Spain last July. American Kimberlyn Duncan emerged winner with a time of 22.88s, Johanna Danois of France � 23.00 and Hanna-Maari Latvala of Finland � 23.07s finished in the top three and also qualify automatically for the semis. Gloria Hooper (Italy) � 23.10s, Ana Claudia Silva (Brazil) � 23-31s and Moa Hjelmer (Sweden) -23.33s finished in that order. The poor finish by the Police Officer ends Ghana�s hope at the championship that climaxes on Sunday in the Russian capital.