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| Christian Amoah (left) wins Ghana’s second medal |
Christian Amoah becomes second Ghanaian to win a medal
at the African Youth Games after grabbing a silver medal in the men's 77kg
weightlifting competition.
Amoah has thus qualified for the World Youth Championship in Nanjing China and in the process set a new National record in the 77kg category, finishing with a total of 225kg.
Amoah tried unsuccessfully to wrestle the gold medal
from Cameroun’s Cedric Feugno who won the gold medal in the division.
The 15-year old was participating in his second major
competition after taking part in the African Weightlifting Championship last
year.
He showed a great character of strength to clinch the
medal, having watched Juliana Arkoh win a silver medal the day before.
Swimming:
Ghana’s Ophelia Swayne missed the chance to advance in
the Swimming competition at the ongoing African Youth Games in Botswana after
placing 23rd and 21st overall in the women’s 50m freestyle and the 50m butterfly events respectively.
Swayne had an off colour day clocking 30.62 in the
freestyle and 32.36 in the butterfly. The youngster, who is on a Ghana Olympic
Committee sourced Olympic Solidarity scholarship, promised to train hard for
the upcoming World Youth Championship in Nanjing, China, having completed her
exams.
Table Tennis:
The pair of Isaac Amoako and Marian Amankwah Adom could
move into the medal zone of their respective singles events with wins at 1/8th
stage of their singles events on Saturday.
The
two players won their 1/16th games on Saturday, and have set
themselves up against opponents from Mauritius and Congo respectively in the
Table Tennis competition on Sunday.
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