Monday 24th February, 2020
By
Edna A. Quansah, GNA
Accra, Feb. 24, GNA –
Ghana’s Eunice Omolara Adedapo has failed to qualify for this year’s Olympic
Games to be staged in July in Tokyo, Japan.
She lost to world
ranked number 11, Laraaj Nada of Morocco who was the number one seeded athlete
at the Olympic qualifiers in Rabat, Morocco yesterday.
Eunice, having
eliminated Gosaye Tsebaot of Ethiopia in the female -57 kg to qualify to the
semifinals only needed a win against the Moroccan to join the party in Tokyo
but failed to progress.
In the third and
fourth fight, the 23-year old Ghanaian was defeated in the bronze medal contest
by Nigerian Chinazum Nwosu (2nd seed) as Laaraj Nada and 3rd seed Tekiath Youssuf
of Niger qualified to the biggest quadrennial multi-sport event.
Meanwhile, Ghana’s
two Para Athletes, Adizatu Shaban and Emmanuel Kofi Turkson would compete
today.
The two becomes
Ghana’s hopes for qualification to the Paralympic Games in Tokyo 2020.
GNA