Deborah Acquah

25 Aug

Sports Ministry Commits To Helping Long Jumper Deborah Acquah Treat Injuries

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Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports, Evans Bobie Opoku, has told Joy Sports that his outfit will consider making funds available for long jumper Deborah Acquah to treat injuries she sustained while competing for Ghana last year. The national record holder sustained the injury during the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham last year, where she won bronze. Acquah, revealed earlier this week that a top Ghanaian official had pledged the nation’s support in catering for the injury, but failed to deliver. This resulted in her competing with pain in her achilles at the ongoing World Athletics Championships, where she unsurprisingly failed…

02 Feb

Qualification To 2023 World Athletics Championships Is A Huge Relief- Deborah Acquah

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Commonwealth Long Jump bronze-medalist, Deborah Acquah, says news of her qualification to the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest was so pleasant to hear. Her place at the biggest Athletics meet of the year was confirmed after World Athletics updated their official website with a list of qualified athletes. Deborah’s bronze medal-winning jump of 6.94m at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham last year, according to the sport’s world governing body, was enough to participate at the meet because her mark met the official entry standard. “After the Commonwealth Games, I was made to understand that this might be for this…