{"id":610579,"date":"2019-04-26T18:55:10","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T18:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday, 26 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Ghananewsagency.org<\/p>\n2019-04-26\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/9692"},"modified":"2019-04-26T18:55:10","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T18:55:10","slug":"16-year-old-ghanaian-bags-first-medal-at-africa-seniors-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/26\/16-year-old-ghanaian-bags-first-medal-at-africa-seniors-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"16-year-old Ghanaian bags first medal at Africa Seniors Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday, 26 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Ghananewsagency.org<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-26<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/96929030.295.jpg\" alt=\"Winifred Ntumi1\" title=\"Winifred Ntumi1\" width=\"295\" height=\"295\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Winifred Ntumi displaying the Ghana flag<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">16-year-old Winifred Ntumi, defied all odds in a seniors\u2019 competition to win bronze in the women\u2019s 49kg bodyweight, at the ongoing Africa Seniors Weightlifting Championship in Cairo, Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>She mounted the podium to receive her medal after lifting 57kg in Snatch and 67kg in Clean and Jerk, to make a total of 124kg.<\/p>\n<p>The excited teenager said, she was nervous going into the competition, because it was a seniors\u2019 event meant for the best on the continent, but with determination, she was able to get a medal for Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I saw the start list, I was a bit jittery, because my total entry was the least amongst the six athletes in my category, but I was inspired by my coaches and we made Ghana proud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m happy for this medal and I hope my colleagues will also win medals for us to celebrate in grand style\u201d, she added.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nGhana is being represented by six athletes made up of two girls and four boys in five bodyweight categories. <\/p>\n<p>The other female athlete is 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Olympian Sandra Mensimah Owusu, would compete in the 59kg category.<\/p>\n<p>The boys are 2016 Rio participant Olympian Christian Amoah (96kg) who doubles as the captain of the team and Ghanaian based in UK and Africa Zone One gold medallist Christopher Forrester Osei (96kg), Africa Youth medallist.<\/p>\n<p>Jeremiah Teng-Gbul Benye (81kg) and Commonwealth Weightlifting medallist David Akwei (61kg).<\/p>\n<p>The athletes were accompanied by the Technical Director of the Ghana Weightlifting Federation, Dr Kyle Calhoun Pierce and the second assistant coach Daniel Darko.<\/p>\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 Friday, 26 April 2019 Source: Ghananewsagency.org 2019-04-26 Winifred Ntumi displaying the Ghana flag 16-year-old Winifred Ntumi, defied all odds in a seniors\u2019 competition to win bronze in the women\u2019s 49kg bodyweight, at the ongoing Africa Seniors Weightlifting Championship in Cairo, Egypt. 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