{"id":2131,"date":"2019-08-27T15:43:37","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T15:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=2131"},"modified":"2019-08-27T15:43:37","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T15:43:37","slug":"akwei-wins-second-bronze-for-ghana-ongoing-african-games-in-morocco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/akwei-wins-second-bronze-for-ghana-ongoing-african-games-in-morocco","title":{"rendered":"Akwei wins second bronze for Ghana ; Ongoing African Games in Morocco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>David Akwei (left) receiving his medal from an official<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Weightlifter David Akwei secured a second bronze for Team Ghana in the 81kg category at the ongoing African Games in Rabat, Morocco, yesterday.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>This follows last Sunday\u2019s bronze-winning feat chalked up by teenage female weightlifter, Winnifred Ntumi, in the 45kg category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That brings the total medal tally for Team Ghana to two after seven days of competition.<\/p>\n<p>In table tennis, the duo of Derek Abrefa and Felix Lartey beat Morocco\u2019s pair of Tirselt M and Karam Salim 3-2 in the one-sixteenth stage of the men\u2019s doubles yesterday to progress to the quarter-finals. 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