AYITTEY WINS GOLD IN BOTSWANA
Ghana’s Youth Olympic hopeful, Abraham Ayittey continued his remarkable form by winning a gold medal at the just ended Botswana Junior International Badminton Tournament held in the city of Lobatse from 6-9 December, 2013.
The youngster won another gold medal last month in the men’s singles event in Morocco Junior Championship and looked to be in impressive form ahead of the competition.
The tournament, a Badminton World Federation (BWF) and Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA) sanctioned event, was staged to rank players and also serve as one of the four continental qualifiers towards next year’s Youth Olympic Games to be held in Nanjing, China.
Ayittey is one of four national junior athletes on Olympic Solidarity Youth Olympic Games athlete support grant ahead of the 2014 Youth Olympic Games, which was secured by the Ghana Olympic Committee.
Meanwhile, the Ghana duo of Daniel Sam and Emmanuel Donkor also bagged a Bronze Medal in the Men’s Doubles event in the seniors category held simultaneously in Lobatse, Botswana.
Sam, a BWF/BCA “Road to Rio” candidate hopes to improve significantly in the world rankings to earn the required points to qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Ghana’s 5-Man contingent to the competition was led by Mr. Nestor Galley, President of Badminton Ghana with J.E Wilson as the team Coach.
They are expected to travel to South Africa to participate in the South Africa International Badminton Tournament scheduled for Pretoria from 12-15 December, 2013.
CREDIT:LIQUID SPORTS
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