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| Ghana's Ampomah falls short of a medal win |
Ghana’s sole female weightlifter, 17 year old Alberta Boatema Ampomah failed in her scramble for gold as she finished 13 out of 14 weightlifters in the womens +75kg event. She lifted a total of 174kg after three attempts in both the snatch event and clean/jerk event. She lifted 73kg in the Snatch event and 101kg in the Clean and Jerk event making a total of 174kg in the competition ahead of Nigerian Weightlifter Maryam Usman who had failed to record a total. Awarded a wild card by the International Weightlifting Federation, Alberta Ampomah first competed on the international scene during the 2010 World Youth Olympics where she won a bronze medal.
Out of 8 Ghanaian athletes who qualified to the Olympics, 5 Ghanaians have already gone out while 2 withdrew due to injury.The last athlete left is 28 year old Vida Anim who will hit the 200 meters tracks on Monday at the Olympic park. Vida Anim, go make Ghana proud !
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