{"id":415285,"date":"2017-09-06T13:30:24","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T13:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/06\/ashanti-central-win-gold-in-100-metres-paralympics\/"},"modified":"2017-09-06T13:30:24","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T13:30:24","slug":"ashanti-central-win-gold-in-100-metres-paralympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/06\/ashanti-central-win-gold-in-100-metres-paralympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashanti, Central win gold in 100 metres paralympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Wednesday,  6 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GNA<\/p>\n<p>2017-09-06<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/30476269.295.jpg\" alt=\"National Sports Festival\" title=\"National Sports Festival\" width=\"295\" height=\"171\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The national event, which has produced sports greats in the country has not been held for the past s<\/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=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1504704624_658_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Kumasi, Sept 05, GNA &#8211; Ashanti and Central Region won their first gold medals at the on-going National Sports Festival, Kumasi, in the finals of the paralympics 100 metres men and women\u2019s events, respectively, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Felix Baah of Ashanti clocked a time of 13.10 seconds to place first in the men\u2019s category, with Jacob Sam from the Central, coming second, with the time of 13.59 seconds to win silver.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed Amin (Northern) took the bronze with a time of 13.75 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>In the women\u2019s category, Mary Mensah (Central) won the ultimate, when she run at a time of 15.63 seconds to snatch gold.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn Serwaah (Brong-Ahafo) took the second position, clocking the time of 16.21 seconds, with Comfort Birago (Ashanti), collecting bronze, by finishing at a time of 19.28 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Reuben Addey and Derrick Sarkodie both from Eastern, together with Raymond French (Western), Edwin Gadayi (Volta), Bright Tsitey (Greater Accra), Sarfo Ansah and Emmanuel Mensah (representing Ashanti) would compete in the men\u2019s 200 metres final event.<\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s 200 metres event would be keenly contested by Charity Poku and Regina Yeboah, (Greater-Accra), Doris Afriyie and Monica Puma Dumfe, (Central), Alberta Kon-Yel (Upper-West), Kate Agyepong (Ashanti) and Umar Duran (Upper-East).<\/p>\n<p>Ashanti, Greater Accra, Volta, Central, Eastern and Western had all made it to men\u2019s 4&#215;400 metres finals.<\/p>\n<p>Brong-Ahafo, Ashanti, Western, Central, Upper East and Greater Accra had qualified for the women\u2019s event.<\/p>\n<p>In the women\u2019s 4&#215;100 metres event, Northern, Greater-Accra, Upper-East, Ashanti, Western and Central, had secured their tickets to the final.<\/p>\n<p>The eight-day Festival, being held under the theme \u201cSports &#8211; 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