{"id":208270,"date":"2024-08-14T11:11:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T11:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/14\/armwrestling-team-for-world-tourney-in-moldova\/"},"modified":"2024-08-14T11:11:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T11:11:44","slug":"armwrestling-team-for-world-tourney-in-moldova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/14\/armwrestling-team-for-world-tourney-in-moldova\/","title":{"rendered":"Armwrestling Team For World Tourney In Moldova"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Grace Minta (L) in a shadow wrestling with Alberta Ampomah<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The National Armwrestling Team, Golden Arms, will represent Ghana at the 2024 World Armwrestling Championship to be held in\u00a0Chisinau,\u00a0Moldova from August 15 to 25, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s Golden Arms would be represented by double gold medalists and African champions Grace Minta of Ghana Police Service, Edward Yamoah Asamoah of Ghana Immigration Service, Blessing Abeka Nunoo and Godwin Sackey, both civilians with the Ghana Immigration Service.<\/p>\n<p>The team, which would be led by President and Founder of the Ghana Armwrestling Federation who also is the President for Africa \u00a0\u00a0Armwrestling and Vice President of the world body, Charles Osei Asibey, would depart on Thursday, August 15.<\/p>\n<p>Head Coach Nii Otoo Larkyne will accompany the team with Husseini Akuetteh Addy, Head Referee for Armwrestling Federation of Africa and World Armwrestling Referees Panel member and Ms. Abigail Fremah, a Senior Referee.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media ahead of their departure, Mr. Osei Asibey stated that \u201cas a Federation, we would have loved to take a bigger number, but due to inadequate funding, we have drastically reduced the size of the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParticipating in world events builds capacity and the confidence of our athletes; so in as much as we are disappointed with the numbers, we also take solace in the fact that we will use this championship to give our athletes and officials the needed exposure thanks to the Ministry of Youth &amp; Sports, the board of Ghana Armwrestling and the athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Moldovan National Sport Federation of Armwrestling (FNSARM) will host the biggest gathering of armwrestlers globally, under the leadership of President Alexandru Grumeza and General Secretary Ms. Anna Belenciuc.<\/p>\n<p>The Federation is well-prepared to welcome over 1,500 competitors, officials, and supporters from more than 60 countries.<\/p>\n<p>There would be competitions for age groups from Sub-Junior to Senior, Grand Masters as well as events in para-armwrestling in both left and right arm battles.<\/p>\n<p>The event promises to deliver high-octane action with all Finals and Senior Semi-Finals broadcast live on TV, accessible to all World Armwrestling Federation (WAF) members\u2019 media partners.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the complete championships, including preliminaries, semi-finals, and finals, will be live-streamed on the Olympic Channel platform and the WAF YouTube Channel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From The Sports Desk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grace Minta (L) in a shadow wrestling with Alberta Ampomah \u00a0 The National Armwrestling Team, Golden Arms, will represent Ghana at the 2024 World Armwrestling Championship to be held in\u00a0Chisinau,\u00a0Moldova from August 15 to 25, 2024. 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