{"id":320092,"date":"2016-02-22T19:18:14","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T19:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/abigail-kwarteng-shines-at-gaa-open-championships\/"},"modified":"2016-02-22T19:18:14","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T19:18:14","slug":"abigail-kwarteng-shines-at-gaa-open-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2016\/02\/22\/abigail-kwarteng-shines-at-gaa-open-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Abigail Kwarteng shines at GAA Open Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Abigail-Kwarteng.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div readability=\"58\">\n<p>High-jumper Abigail Kwarteng was the highlight of the first Athletics Open Championships organised by the Ghana Athletics Association at the El-Wak Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year old managed to meet the qualifying mark of 1.75 metres for the high jump event at this year\u2019s African Athletics Championships.<\/p>\n<p>However, Shepherd Agbeko and Beatrice Gyaman could not follow Kwarteng\u2019s lead in their respective events.<\/p>\n<p>Agbeko won the 200m event in a time of 21.77 seconds but his time was below the qualifying mark of 20.74 for the African Championships and 20.50 seconds for the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>Gyaman placed second in the women\u2019s 100m final behind Dorcas Gyimah and Cecilia Asekiya.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quicksense.net\/ --><\/p>\n<p>All the athletes could not meet the African Championships\u2019 entry mark of 11.61 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Appiah-Kubi won the men\u2019s 100m event while Richard Barnor was tops in the men\u2019s javelin.<\/p>\n<p>Milo Marathon winner in the women\u2019s category, Lariba Sakat, won the women\u2019s 10,000 metres in a time of 37:45.02 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<br \/>By: Citi Sports Desk\/with additional info from Graphic Sports<\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quicksense.net\/ --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] High-jumper Abigail Kwarteng was the highlight of the first Athletics Open Championships organised by the Ghana Athletics Association at the El-Wak Stadium on Saturday. 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