High-jumper Abigail Kwarteng was the highlight of the first Athletics Open Championships organised by the Ghana Athletics Association at the El-Wak Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The 19-year old managed to meet the qualifying mark of 1.75 metres for the high jump event at this year\u2019s African Athletics Championships.<\/p>\n
However, Shepherd Agbeko and Beatrice Gyaman could not follow Kwarteng\u2019s lead in their respective events.<\/p>\n
Agbeko won the 200m event in a time of 21.77 seconds but his time was below the qualifying mark of 20.74 for the African Championships and 20.50 seconds for the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n
Gyaman placed second in the women\u2019s 100m final behind Dorcas Gyimah and Cecilia Asekiya.<\/p>\n
All the athletes could not meet the African Championships\u2019 entry mark of 11.61 seconds.<\/p>\n
Emmanuel Appiah-Kubi won the men\u2019s 100m event while Richard Barnor was tops in the men\u2019s javelin.<\/p>\n
Milo Marathon winner in the women\u2019s category, Lariba Sakat, won the women\u2019s 10,000 metres in a time of 37:45.02 minutes.<\/p>\n
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\nBy: Citi Sports Desk\/with additional info from Graphic Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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