{"id":216142,"date":"2016-05-22T06:02:17","date_gmt":"2016-05-22T06:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=216142"},"modified":"2016-05-22T06:02:17","modified_gmt":"2016-05-22T06:02:17","slug":"ghanas-szogedi-qualifies-for-rio-2016-judo-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/05\/ghanas-szogedi-qualifies-for-rio-2016-judo-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana\u2019s Szogedi qualifies for Rio 2016 Judo competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hungarian-born Ghanaian judoka Szandra Szogedi has qualified for the judo event at the 2016 Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<article>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>She will be taking part in the 63kg category for women.<\/p>\n<p>She got her slot in the Olympic Games at the Almaty Judo Grand Prix event in Kazakhstan where she clocked 444 points.<\/p>\n<p>She was part of the Ghanaian team which included Emmanuel Nartey, Victor Ahiavor, Razak Abugiri, Ali Alhassan, and Timmy Alhassan as the other judokas.<\/p>\n<p>She expressed her delight at qualifying for the Games via a Facebook post:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpermalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3D1105495682849734%26id%3D660734247325882%26substory_index%3D0&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"702\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Her sister Szonda also shared her excitement at the news also on Facebook:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fszonja.szogedi%2Fposts%2F1326671250680474&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"559\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Szogedi is married to Ghanaian Alex Amoako and that makes her eligible to compete for Ghana in the discipline.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2015 African Judo Championships in Gabon, she won a medal bronze and she was awarded a Rio 2016 scholarship by the Ghana Olympic Committee to help her get ready for the Games.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>By: Citi Sports Desk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hungarian-born Ghanaian judoka Szandra Szogedi has qualified for the judo event at the 2016 Olympic Games. 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