Saturday 24th August, 2019
By William Ezah, GNA Special Correspondent,
Rabat Morocco
Rabat, Aug. 24, GNA – Omar Abdul Wahid one
of Ghana’s medal hopeful made progress to the quarter finals of the 63kg
Lightweight division with victory over Irungu Ethan Maina of Kenya on Friday
evening.
Wahid scored 4-1 over his opponent to secure
his quarter final berth fixed for Sunday.
The boxer has been a consistent medal winner
for Ghana at the Games and is confident of making it again this time around.
In Tennis Ghana’s Palm Benjamin Nii Okai
beat Ayella Simon of Uganda in the preliminaries stage by 2-0 (7-6, 5-0), with
Nortey Isaac Nortei winning against Otuu Thomas Omang (Nigeria) in the Men’s
singles by 2-0 (6-3 , 6-2).
Bagerbaseh Elizabeth Kapari also made it 2-0
(6-1, 6-1) against Monnayoo Chludo Leungo (Botswana).
In Table Tennis, Derek Abrefa led Golden
Loopers defeated the host Nation Morocco by 3-2 to place 5th in the Men’s
event, made up of 16 nations.
Lartey Jessie Lartey however missed the
medal zone after losing 1-4 to Kapenga Nsanga (Congo) in the Men’s 69kg
Welterweight Quarter Finals bout.
GNA
