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Accra 2023: William Amponsah Wins Silver In Men’s Half Marathon
22 Mar

Accra 2023: William Amponsah Wins Silver In Men’s Half Marathon

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Ghanaian long-distance runner, William Amponsah, has won a silver medal in the men’s half-marathon event in the ongoing 13th African Games at the University of Ghana. William Amponsah impressively completed the race with a time of 1:05:13 behind Eritrean runner, Samson Amare who clocked 1:05:04. Mpofu Isaac of Zimbabwe came third with a time of 1:05:37. Amponsah started the race pretty well, pacing himself well enough as the pack meandered their way through the designated routes for the half-marathon. He kept himself well in contention for a medal as the race neared the end. He then rocked shoulder to shoulder…
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Finishing 8th In A Pool Of 60,000 Elite Runners Means More – William Amponsah
14 Sep

Finishing 8th In A Pool Of 60,000 Elite Runners Means More – William Amponsah

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William Amponsah took his emerging status as a budding African long-distance sensation to the next level after placing 8th in the 2022 edition of the Great North Run held in the United Kingdom. The race saw over 60,000 elite runners including half marathon world champion, Kiplimo, who recently won double gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Olympic 10,000m champion Selemon Barega and Amponsah’s role model, Kenenisa Bekele. There was a huge improvement from Amponsah as we have seen the entire year following his huge half marathon Personal Best (PB) of 1:03:15. But why any performance in the Great North Run…
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Finishing 8th In A Pool Of 60,000 Elite Runners Means More – William Amponsah
13 Sep

Finishing 8th In A Pool Of 60,000 Elite Runners Means More – William Amponsah

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William Amponsah took his emerging status as a budding African long-distance sensation to the next level after placing 8th in the 2022 edition of the Great North Run held in the United Kingdom. The race saw over 60,000 elite runners including half marathon world champion, Kiplimo, who recently won double gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Olympic 10,000m champion Selemon Barega and Amponsah’s role model, Kenenisa Bekele. There was a huge improvement from Amponsah as we have seen the entire year following his huge half marathon Personal Best (PB) of 1:03:15. But why any performance in the Great North Run…
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15 Aug

William Amponsah – Ghana’s rare long distance sensation

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A huge announcement from a very unfamiliar source followed his performance at the Commonwealth Games, an admirer from afar and a man who had the power to make William Amponsah the first Ghanaian to run in the Great North derby in Newcastle in September suddenly resurfaced after an initial encounter 5 years ago. Executive Director of Transforming Teaching, Education & Learning, Robin Todd, tweeted immediately after William Amponsah run a new personal best of 13.51.63 and placed 13th in the 5000m final at the commonwealth games. Todd did not just watch the race but had encountered the 22-year-old, years ago…
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