All Africa Games: Ghana wins first gold with men's tennis doubles victory
The wait is over.
Ghana has won a first gold at this year's All Africa Games.
Narh Wisdom and George Darko beat DR Congo in the men's tennis doubles final on Thursday.
Darko, who is currently ranked number 1 in Ghana's tennis, led the charge with crisp serves while Narh's technique also caught the eye in the 6-4, 6-4 win.
Ghana now has 17 medals , reports Joy Sports' Games correspondent Benedict Owusu as at 1130 GMT, Thursday.
The Games in Congo Brazzaville end on Saturday with Team Ghana racing to beat the 19 medal-haul the country won in 2011.
On Wednesday, Jordan Yamoah won silver in the men’s pole vault event after clearing a height of 5.20m to finish second behind Algeria’s Cherabi Hichem Khalil (5.25m).
Ghana won the bronze medal in the men’s 4 x 100 m relay event in a time of 39.71 seconds. The four who run were Daniel Gyasi, Solomon Afful, Emmanuel Dasor, and Shepard Agbeko .
They were beaten by Cote d’Ivoire's 38.93 while Namibia placed second with 39.22.
Julia Agawu won bronze in the women’s discus with a throw of 49.08m.
Janet Amponsah and Dorcas Gyimah both qualified for the second round of the women’s 200m event while Ghana also qualified for the second round of men’s 4 x 400m event.
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