{"id":43888,"date":"2014-09-01T16:39:58","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T16:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=43888"},"modified":"2014-09-01T18:06:13","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T18:06:13","slug":"mahama-congratulates-martha-bissah-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=43888","title":{"rendered":"Mahama congratulates Martha Bissah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President John Dramani Mahama has congratulated Ghana\u2019s first ever gold medalist, Martha Bissah, describing her achievement as outstanding and an encouragement to the youth and athletics in general.<\/p>\n<p>Martha Bissah was the first Ghanaian to win\u00a0an Olympic gold medal after running a life time best and a new junior national record of 2:04.90 to snatch victory in the 800m final at the Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10675759_484960138306375_1396051761941304442_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43887\" alt=\"10675759_484960138306375_1396051761941304442_n\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10675759_484960138306375_1396051761941304442_n.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10675759_484960138306375_1396051761941304442_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10675759_484960138306375_1396051761941304442_n-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Receiving the 17 year old gold medalist at the Flagstaff House on Monday, President Mahama praised her for the quality she showed at the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>He further commended her resilience and directed the Ghana Athletics Committee to nurture her for the good of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10636184_484958944973161_4856729701210964059_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43886\" alt=\"10636184_484958944973161_4856729701210964059_n\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10636184_484958944973161_4856729701210964059_n.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10636184_484958944973161_4856729701210964059_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10636184_484958944973161_4856729701210964059_n-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will ask the Olympic Committee to pay special attention to you and give you every opportunity to develop this talent for the interest of the nation.We should create a system where we are able to catch these talents very young and groom them and train them to become some of the super athletes that we wish they become in the future,\u201dPresident Mahama stated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10629880_484959594973096_2401839409694517005_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43885\" alt=\"10629880_484959594973096_2401839409694517005_n\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10629880_484959594973096_2401839409694517005_n.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10629880_484959594973096_2401839409694517005_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10629880_484959594973096_2401839409694517005_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10629880_484959594973096_2401839409694517005_n-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10629880_484959594973096_2401839409694517005_n-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For her part, Martha Bissah was grateful for the honour and promised to concentrate on her training in order to win more medals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel very proud, the game was very tough but I was able to conquer them. I will say glory be to God and all Ghana Athletics Association members,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President John Dramani Mahama has congratulated Ghana\u2019s first ever gold medalist, Martha Bissah, describing her achievement as outstanding and an encouragement to the youth and athletics in general. 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