{"id":160782,"date":"2024-03-11T07:30:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T07:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/11\/abeiku-jackson-wins-silver-medal-for-ghana-in-swimming-at-the-african-games\/"},"modified":"2024-03-11T07:30:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T07:30:12","slug":"abeiku-jackson-wins-silver-medal-for-ghana-in-swimming-at-the-african-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/11\/abeiku-jackson-wins-silver-medal-for-ghana-in-swimming-at-the-african-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Abeiku Jackson wins silver medal for Ghana in Swimming at the African Games \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Ghana\u2019s Abeiku Jackson has won Ghana its first medal in swimming at the ongoing African games after finishing second in the finals of the fifty(50) meters butterfly.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Abeiku Jackson, captain of the Ghana swimming team, capitalized on the huge support of the home crowd to finish second just behind the favorite in Egypt, Ali Khalafalla, who won gold.<\/p>\n<p>Abeiku Jackson secured Ghana\u2019s historic feat in the pool with an impressive time of 24.23s, finishing closely behind Ali Khalafalla (23.93) with South Africa\u2019s Hardin Eaton securing the third spot with a time of 24.42s.<\/p>\n<p>Abeiku Jackson\u2019s silver medal takes Ghana\u2019s medal haul to four after Winifred Ntumi won three medals in weightlifting today.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana now has one gold medal and 3 silver medals at the ongoing multi-sports event in Accra.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"Hqw1JGmP4YA\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Deputy Finance Minister, Dr John Kumah, dies at age 45\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hqw1JGmP4YA?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>starrfm.com <\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana\u2019s Abeiku Jackson has won Ghana its first medal in swimming at the ongoing African games after finishing second in the finals of the fifty(50) meters butterfly. 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