Thursday 27th February, 2020
Accra, Feb. 27, GNA – All five members of the
Black Bombers who reached the semi-finals stage of the 2020 Olympic Games
Qualifiers in Dakar, Senegal failed to make it to the finals of the
competition.
This includes female boxer Dr. Ornella
Sathoud.
Dr. Sathoud missed the direct qualification
when she lost 0-5 to Gramane Rady Adosinda of Mozambique in the middleweight
division, whilst new sensational featherweight boxer, 19-year-old Samuel Tackie
lost 1-4 to Mulenga Everisto from Zambia.
Jessie Lartey lost 0-5 to another Zambian,
Stephen Zimba in the welterweight division, while Sulemanu Tetteh, the Captain
also missed the finals by losing 0-5 to Fliss Mohammed of Algeria in the
flyweight division,
Shakul Samed could not make it to final as he
was beaten by Egyptian, Salah Orsbi 2-3 in the Light Heavyweight division.
The African road to Tokyo 2020 began on
February 20, and ends on February 29 at the Dakar Arena.
Meanwhile, Tetteh, Takyi Samed and Lartey
would be presented with another opportunity to qualify by vying for a place in
the losers round up.
The world road which is another opportunity to
qualify comes up in Paris, France in May.
GNA