2015 All Africa Games: Ghana crashes in swimming, others

 Team Ghana continued to record mixed results at the ongoing All Africa Games as three of their competitors in swimming failed to make an impact in the competition.

Ghana’s trio of Jackson Kwesi Abbiw, Richard Asante Yeboah and Natasha Emefa Addah crashed out in the 100m freestyle men and 50m breast stroke women heats respectively.

In boxing Ghana’s Omar Waheed won his preliminary 56kg bantamweight bout against an Equato Guinean opponent to progress to the next stage.

However, favourite and medal hopeful Jesse Lartey, exited the first round after losing to an opponent from Mauritius in their 52kg flyweight contest, while Anane Kudzodzi also lost to a Malian fighter in the 75kg middleweight bout.

Ghana’s three badminton medal hopefuls, Daniel Sam, Emmanuel Donkor and Abraham Aryeetey, all failed to progress to the semi-final stage of their individual competitions after losing out to Nigerian, Egyptian and Ugandan opponents.

In volleyball, the male Black Spikers won their third match 3-0 against Cape Verde to stand the chance of qualifying for the semi-finals.

The team will now play Seychelles and Algeria tomorrow and Saturday, while their female counterparts must win against Botswana and Egypt to stand any chance of qualification for the semifinals.