In total, Team Ghana took home two silver and three bronze medals from the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
The Black Bombers, Ghana’s national boxing team, won three medals this year: two silver, one bronze.
Abraham Mensah, an Accra resident who trained at the Out Boxing Gym, won silver in the bantamweight category.
The Ghanaian boxing prodigy settled for a silver medal after his 5-0 points defeat against James Eagleson of Northern Ireland in the finals.
Due to illness, Joseph Commey was unable to compete in the finals match against Jude Gallegher.
He was forced to withdraw from the men’s featherweight (54–57KG) championship match after winning the silver.
Contrarily, veteran boxer Abdul Wahid Omar won a bronze medal after losing to Mauritius boxer Richamo Collins in the semifinals.
On the track, Joseph Paul Amoah finished third for Ghana in the 200 meters with a time of 20.49 seconds.
Since Ghana’s George Daniels won silver at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, this was the first medal in the 200m event.
Deborah Acquah, a female long jumper from Ghana, won bronze after clearing an amazing 6.95 meters in the finals.
Acquah entered the competition with a personal best jump of 6.37 meters, but she outperformed herself and won Ghana its third bronze medal of the year in the Commonwealth Games.
On Monday, August 8, 2022, the closing ceremony for this year’s games would take held at Alexander Stadium.
