Olympic hopeful Wahid out of qualifiers

Share this

Ghana’s Olympic hopeful Wahid Abdul Omar has been eliminated from the 2020 Olympic qualifiers at the ongoing African boxing qualifiers Olympics in Dakar, Senegal.

He lost to Namibian Jonas Jonas 0-5 in the Men’s Lightweight division on Tuesday afternoon morning.

Omar, who has been Ghana’s star at major events is automatically out of the competition and could miss out of the Olympic Games if he fails to secure another qualifier before June.

Captain of the team, Sulemana Tetteh won 5-0 against his Zimbabwean opponent Phiri Ndabezinle Petros qualify for the semifinals and challenge for a medal and a place in the Tokyo 2020 Games.

GNA


Share this

Kennedy Mornah is an Award Winning Ghanaian Journalist with over two decades of experience in the Ghanaian Media landscape spanning the electronic, print and digital media. He is a Media Consultant, a Corporate MC, Radio and TV Host, Founder and Publisher of the Maritime and Transport Digest Newspaper, Businessman, a Go getter and an optimist. He has worked for renowned media organizations including Diamond Fm in Tamale, Luv Fm in Kumasi, Oman Fm in Accra and Starr Fm in Accra In 2017 he received the Reporter of the Year Award at the Ghana Shippers Awards in Accra, Ghana.

Leave a Reply

*

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.