Athletics: Nyamadi grabs silver at African Champs
Atsu Nyamadi won Ghana’s first medal at the 20 African Seniors Championships at the Kings Park Athletics Stadium in Durban, South Africa, last Thursday after taking silver in the men’s decathlon on the second day of the event.
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Ranked third with 3895 points after the first day of the combined event, Atsu put up a strong performance on the final day, winning the javelin throw and discus throw events with 63.48m and 43.26m respectively.
He has thus won his third international medal for Ghana in three years after previously winning bronze and silver at the 2014 African Seniors Championships and 2015 All African Games respectively.
He debuted in the decathlon at the 2012 CAA Championships in Benin and had gone on to become a major force to reckon with on the African continent. He currently holds the national decathlon record of 7800pts.
Cote d'Ivoire won the men's and women’s 100-metre titles on the second day of the African Athletics Championships in Durban Thursday as hosts South Africa continued their overall dominance.
African record-holder Murrielle Ahoure won the women's sprint final in 10.99sec with countryman Ben Youssef Meite claiming the men’s title in a wind-assisted 9.95sec.
South African Carina Horn finished behind Ahoure in 11.07sec with Ivorian Marie Josee Ta Lou third in 11.15 sec.
"This is the African Championships and at the end of the day it is another title under the belt," Ahoure said.
"I’ve never been African champion in the 100m and it is something I’ve always wanted to accomplish.’’
Winning his third African title, Meite beat local favourite Akani Simbine in the men’s 100m dash.