{"id":149718,"date":"2015-09-08T06:15:06","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T06:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=149718"},"modified":"2015-09-08T04:59:33","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T04:59:33","slug":"richard-seklorwu-claims-ghanas-first-ever-gold-medal-at-commonwealth-youth-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/richard-seklorwu-claims-ghanas-first-ever-gold-medal-at-commonwealth-youth-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Seklorwu claims Ghana\u2019s first ever Gold Medal at Commonwealth Youth Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ghanaian junior athlete Richard Seklorwu became the first Ghanaian athlete ever to win a gold medal in the history of the Commonwealth Youth Games after jumping 7.67m (3.2+) to claim the boy\u2019s long jump event during the athletics competition at the Apia Park Sports Complex on day one of the Samoa 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games.<\/p>\n

Seklorwu, who represented Ghana at the 2014 African Youth Games in Botswana, won the gold medal ahead of Australia\u2019s Thomas Wilson who jumped 7.48m and Northern Ireland\u2019s Benjamin Fisher with 7.38m.<\/p>\n

The T. I. Amass Senior High School student served notice of his intent this season\u00a0when he jumped a personal best 7.62m at the Ghana Athletics Association Open Championships in Kumasi on 23rd<\/sup> May, 2015. He currently leads the GAA\u2019s national long jump ranking with the best jump of the year.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, 400m runner Salomey Agyei qualified for the girl\u2019s 400m final after clocking 56.22 secs in the 400m semi finals while middle distance runner Hellen Maasotuo came 7th<\/sup> in the girl\u2019s 1500m final in a time of 5:02.14 min.<\/p>\n

The two athletes posted some impressive performances at the Ghana Athletics Association\u2019s Open Championships and Interplast-Sea & Shore National Circuit Championships, and the Ashanti Region Inter School\u2019s competition earlier in the season.<\/p>\n

Hellen Maasotuo competed in the 1500m event at the Interplast-Sea & Shore National Circuit Championships and also posted a personal best of 2.16.57 min in the 800m at the GAA Open Championships on 23rd<\/sup> May, 2015.<\/p>\n

Salormey Agyei is currently ranked third on the GAA\u2019s 400m ranking having recorded a personal best 55.27 secs on 8th<\/sup> August at the National Circuit Final in Tamale.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Team Ghana is also being represented by swimming sensation Jackson Abeiku Gyekye who is yet to compete.<\/p>\n

The team, who are accompanied by two coaches namely Salamatu Musa (athletics) and Kwodwo Abbiw Jackson (swimming), is led by the Deputy Secretary General of the Ghana Olympic Committee, Rev Richmond Quarcoo.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

By: Ghana Athletics Association<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ghanaian junior athlete Richard Seklorwu became the first Ghanaian athlete ever to win a gold medal in the history of the Commonwealth Youth Games after jumping 7.67m (3.2+) to claim the boy\u2019s long jump event during the athletics competition at the Apia Park Sports Complex on day one of the Samoa 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":149719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[3,31],"yoast_head":"\nRichard Seklorwu claims Ghana\u2019s first ever Gold Medal at Commonwealth Youth Games - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/richard-seklorwu-claims-ghanas-first-ever-gold-medal-at-commonwealth-youth-games\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Richard Seklorwu claims Ghana\u2019s first ever Gold Medal at Commonwealth Youth Games - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ghanaian junior athlete Richard Seklorwu became the first Ghanaian athlete ever to win a gold medal in the history of the Commonwealth Youth Games after jumping 7.67m (3.2+) to claim the boy\u2019s long jump event during the athletics competition at the Apia Park Sports Complex on day one of the Samoa 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games. […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/richard-seklorwu-claims-ghanas-first-ever-gold-medal-at-commonwealth-youth-games\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-09-08T06:15:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-09-08T04:59:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Richard-Seklorwu-n3ELd42XJklm.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"wp-needuser\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"wp-needuser\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/richard-seklorwu-claims-ghanas-first-ever-gold-medal-at-commonwealth-youth-games\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/richard-seklorwu-claims-ghanas-first-ever-gold-medal-at-commonwealth-youth-games\/\",\"name\":\"Richard Seklorwu claims Ghana\u2019s first ever Gold Medal at Commonwealth Youth Games - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-09-08T06:15:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-09-08T04:59:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/082ce6f21d23820875eabfffabe66278\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/richard-seklorwu-claims-ghanas-first-ever-gold-medal-at-commonwealth-youth-games\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/richard-seklorwu-claims-ghanas-first-ever-gold-medal-at-commonwealth-youth-games\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/richard-seklorwu-claims-ghanas-first-ever-gold-medal-at-commonwealth-youth-games\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Richard Seklorwu claims Ghana\u2019s first ever Gold Medal at Commonwealth Youth Games\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\",\"name\":\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"description\":\"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/082ce6f21d23820875eabfffabe66278\",\"name\":\"wp-needuser\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9ca736ce957cdd49525b860ab3ccffa3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9ca736ce957cdd49525b860ab3ccffa3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"wp-needuser\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/wordpresss.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/wpsupp-user\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Richard Seklorwu claims Ghana\u2019s first ever Gold Medal at Commonwealth Youth Games - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/richard-seklorwu-claims-ghanas-first-ever-gold-medal-at-commonwealth-youth-games\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Richard Seklorwu claims Ghana\u2019s first ever Gold Medal at Commonwealth Youth Games - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","og_description":"Ghanaian junior athlete Richard Seklorwu became the first Ghanaian athlete ever to win a gold medal in the history of the Commonwealth Youth Games after jumping 7.67m (3.2+) to claim the boy\u2019s long jump event during the athletics competition at the Apia Park Sports Complex on day one of the Samoa 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games. […]","og_url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/richard-seklorwu-claims-ghanas-first-ever-gold-medal-at-commonwealth-youth-games\/","og_site_name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3","article_published_time":"2015-09-08T06:15:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-09-08T04:59:33+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Richard-Seklorwu-n3ELd42XJklm.jpg"}],"author":"wp-needuser","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@citi973","twitter_site":"@citi973","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"wp-needuser","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/richard-seklorwu-claims-ghanas-first-ever-gold-medal-at-commonwealth-youth-games\/","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/richard-seklorwu-claims-ghanas-first-ever-gold-medal-at-commonwealth-youth-games\/","name":"Richard Seklorwu claims Ghana\u2019s first ever Gold Medal at Commonwealth Youth Games - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-09-08T06:15:06+00:00","dateModified":"2015-09-08T04:59:33+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/082ce6f21d23820875eabfffabe66278"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/richard-seklorwu-claims-ghanas-first-ever-gold-medal-at-commonwealth-youth-games\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/richard-seklorwu-claims-ghanas-first-ever-gold-medal-at-commonwealth-youth-games\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/richard-seklorwu-claims-ghanas-first-ever-gold-medal-at-commonwealth-youth-games\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Richard Seklorwu claims Ghana\u2019s first ever Gold Medal at Commonwealth Youth Games"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/","name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","description":"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/082ce6f21d23820875eabfffabe66278","name":"wp-needuser","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9ca736ce957cdd49525b860ab3ccffa3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9ca736ce957cdd49525b860ab3ccffa3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"wp-needuser"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/wordpresss.com"],"url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/wpsupp-user\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149718"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}