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Ghana bagged 17 medals – 4 Gold, 5 Silver and 8 Bronze to finish 12th at the All Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique.
South Africa finished tops with 61 Gold, 55 Silver and 40 Bronze, followed by Egypt with 32; 14; 20, and Nigeria 31; 28; 39.
Ghana’s gold medals came from Ajarah Busonga Mohammed who won the Women's 1500m and 400m in the Paralympic Sports, with Margaret Simpson picking gold in the Heptathlon while the Black Meteors won gold in the Men’s soccer.
Vida Anim won silver in the Women's 200m, Ignatius Gaisah in the Men's Long Jump, Men's 4x100m Relay, Women's 4x100m, and the Black princesses with another silver in the Women’s soccer.
Bronze medals came from:
Anita Fordjour- Women's 1500m; Felix Acheampong - Men's 1500m; Daniel Sam - Badminton Men's Doubles; M.S. Nyarko - Badminton Men's Doubles; Beach Volleyball; David Bawah - Boxing Men's Light Heavy 81kg; Maxwell Amponsah - Boxing Men's Heavy 91kg; Fatao Alhassan - Taekwondo Men's Under 87kg.
Tunisia with 68 medals, Algeria with 84, Kenya with 50 and Senegal with 33 placed fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh respectively.
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