Sports

2024 paralympic games: Ghana’s powerlifting team in Dubai for final qualifiers

The team progressed to the second phase of the qualification after winning 15 medals at the Open Para Powerlifting Championship in Egypt in November

The Ghana Para Powerlifting team departed Accra on Tuesday (13 December) for the 12th Fazza Dubai  Powerlifting World Cup, the second required qualification event for the 2024 Paralympic Games in France.

The team progressed to the second phase of the qualification after winning 15 medals at the Open Para Powerlifting Championship in Egypt in November.

Female powerlifter, Patricia Nyamekye won two gold medals at the just-ended 2022 Open Para Powerlifting Championship in Egypt.

Emmanuel Nii Tetteh Oku won two gold medals and two silver medals. He also recorded the best lift in the entire competition.

Tahiru Haruna, who failed to make it to the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, came back strongly, winning a silver and bronze medal in the 107kg category.

Prince Nyarko, coach of the Ghana Para powerlifting team believes the team is in the best form to reach the Paralympic games in France.

“The team is in top form. After Egypt, we didn’t stop training we kept training till now. We are just going all out and doing our best to make it.”

“Now, each of the athletes is doing more than their maximum qualifications standard record and from Egypt to now we improved a lot. There has been much improvement due to the investment from our president Ben Nunoo Mensah who has helped the team is supplements and other stuff, so the team is on point and in shape,” Nyarko added.

“We are ready and we are coming home with medals as well. We are going to do more they are now more, we are in a better place of increasing our points by 2024.”

Princeton Kwabena Wiredu

 

Asaase Radio 99.5 broadcasts on radio via 99.5 in Accra, 98.5 in Kumasi, 99.7 in Tamale, 100.3 in Cape Coast and on our affiliates Bawku FM 101.5 in Bawku, Beats FM 99.9 in Bimbilla, Somua FM 89.9 in Gushegu, Stone City 90.7 in Ho, Mining City 89.5 in Tarkwa and Wale FM 106.9 in Walewale
Tune in or log on to broadcasts 
online: asaaseradio.com, Sound Garden and TuneIn
Follow us on Twitter: @asaaseradio995
Live streaming: facebook.com/asaaseradio99.5. Also on YouTube: Asaase Radio Official.
Join the conversation. Call: 020 000 9951 or 059 415 7777. Or WhatsApp: 020 000 0995.

#AsaaseRadio

 

Related Articles

Back to top button

Adblock Detected

ALLOW OUR ADS