{"id":104793,"date":"2025-11-30T23:03:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T23:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=104793"},"modified":"2025-11-30T23:03:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T23:03:37","slug":"day-3-team-ghana-bags-eight-medals-at-west-africa-para-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=104793","title":{"rendered":"Day 3: Team Ghana bags eight medals at West Africa Para Games"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n \t<\/i> Read Time:<\/span>54 Second <\/div>\n\n <\/div>
\n

Team Ghana has picked up eight medals on Day 3 of the maiden West Africa Zone A & B Para Games currently ongoing in Abeokuta, Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Tahiru Haruna secured a bronze medal in the 72kg\u2013107kg class, while Isaac Obeng earned silver in the 59kg category in the para powerlifting.<\/p>\n

Daniel Kankam also added a bronze in the 65kg event as Ghana claimed three medals in the discipline.<\/p>\n

\"Team
Team Ghana, Powerlifting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The country\u2019s medal haul continued in para shooting, where Isaac Adopleh got onto the podium twice, winning a silver and a bronze across the pistol and rifle events.<\/p>\n

The para badminton team also contributed to the tally, with Akosua Nkansah winning bronze in the Wheelchair 2 Women\u2019s Singles, Hayford Kwame Adasi taking bronze in the Wheelchair 1 Men\u2019s Singles, and Atta Owusu earning bronze in the Standing Upper 5 category.<\/p>\n

Ghana\u2019s total medal count now stands at eight, with more medal prospects to come.<\/p>\n

Up next on Monday, the team will compete in Armwrestling and Sitting Volleyball as the Games continue through December 4.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n \n
\n \n \"Happy\"\n <\/a>\n
\n Happy <\/div>\n
\n 0<\/span>\n \n 0<\/span> %<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n \n \"Sad\"\n <\/a>\n
\n Sad <\/div>\n
\n 0<\/span>\n 0<\/span> %<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n \n \"Excited\"\n <\/a>\n
\n Excited <\/div>\n
\n 0<\/span>\n 0<\/span> %<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n \n \"Sleepy\"\n <\/a>\n
\n Sleepy <\/div>\n
\n 0<\/span>\n \n 0<\/span> %<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n \n \"Angry\"\n <\/a>\n
Angry<\/div>\n
\n 0<\/span>\n 0<\/span> %<\/span>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n \n \"Surprise\"\n <\/a>\n
Surprise<\/div>\n
\n 0<\/span>\n 0<\/span> %<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\"TeamTeam Ghana has picked up eight medals on Day 3 of the maiden West Africa Zone A & B Para Games currently ongoing in Abeokuta, Nigeria.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":104794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_2277560469115098_106292521332774":"","twitter_aToxNzczMzI3Njk4OTg4ODUxMjAxOw==_1773327698988851200":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13145,13146,10443,2134,1883,804,13147,13148,10,9,11,13149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abeokuta-2025","category-ghana-para-athletes","category-ghana-sports","category-haruna-mubarak","category-national","category-other-sports","category-para-games","category-para-powerlifting-ghana","category-politics","category-popular","category-sports","category-west-africa-zone-a-b-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/104794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}