{"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\/2014\/09\/mahama-congratulates-martha-bissah-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama congratulates Martha Bissah"},"content":{"rendered":"
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
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
<\/a><\/p>\n 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 He further commended her resilience and directed the Ghana Athletics Committee to nurture her for the good of Ghana.<\/p>\n