{"id":397595,"date":"2017-07-02T09:11:46","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T09:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/02\/ghana-grabs-21-medals-places-2nd-at-africa-armwrestling-championships\/"},"modified":"2017-07-02T09:11:46","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T09:11:46","slug":"ghana-grabs-21-medals-places-2nd-at-africa-armwrestling-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/02\/ghana-grabs-21-medals-places-2nd-at-africa-armwrestling-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana grabs 21 medals, places 2nd at Africa Armwrestling Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Sunday,  2 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Ghana Armwrestling<\/p>\n<p>2017-07-02<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/47797048.295.jpg\" alt=\"Armwrestling Competition\" title=\"Armwrestling Competition\" width=\"295\" height=\"393\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The Ghana Armswrestling team, Golden Arms<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149615265053595\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149615265053595\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1498986706_686_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Golden Arms of Ghana won Gold 10, Silver 5, Bronze 6 at the Africa Armwrestling Championship in Lagos Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana won Gold 4, Silver 3 and Bronze 4 from the Right Arm Battles on day two winning a total medal haul of 21 medals at the 2-days championship at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana placed 2nd to Nigeria in the Overall team performance winning a Silver Cup.<\/p>\n<p><b>Medal Table <\/b><\/p>\n<p>1. Nigeria   19   16   11<\/p>\n<p>2. Ghana    10     5      6<\/p>\n<p>3. Mali     8      4      1<\/p>\n<p>Per the achievement, the Golden Arms have thus set a new national record in the total medal haul by any federation at a single championships.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Am elated we made a good impression at our maiden international meeting, thanks to our sponsors, T T Brothers, Origional Abe Nsuo and Kofikrom Pharmacy. This will enhance development and bring government&#8217;s attention to the sport of Armwrestling&#8221;, leader Charles Osei Asibey told reporters.<\/p>\n<p><b>Ghana&#8217;s Medal Winners<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Isaac Nii Amugi (70kg) Gold 2, Bronze 2<\/p>\n<p>Alberta Ampomah-Police (80kg) Gold 2<\/p>\n<p>Nii Darku Doddo (75kg) Gold 1, Bronze 1<\/p>\n<p>Nii Otoo Larkyne-immigration (110kg)  Silver 1<\/p>\n<p>Haruna Tahiru (Disabled) Gold 2<\/p>\n<p>Adjetey Sowah (65kg) Gold 1, Silver 1<\/p>\n<p>Cabu Ocansey (70kg) Silver 2<\/p>\n<p>Ebenezer Nii Armah (+110kg) Bronze 1<\/p>\n<p>Edward Asamoah (90kg) Silver 1, Bronze 1<\/p>\n<p>Masters Category (Over 40yrs) Gold 2, Silver 1, Bronze 1<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 38 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Sunday, 2 July 2017 Source: Ghana Armwrestling 2017-07-02 The Ghana Armswrestling team, Golden Arms &#13; The Golden Arms of Ghana won Gold 10, Silver 5, Bronze 6 at the Africa Armwrestling Championship in Lagos Nigeria. 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