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Gambia win gold, silver in Niger wrestling championship

Mar 21, 2023, 1:24 PM | Article By: Arfang M.S. Camara

The Gambia Wrestling team made a gallant performance in the just concluded ECOWAS African Wrestling Championship held in Niamey, Niger.

The Gambia finishes 4th position out of 13 countries from the sub-regional championship after losing in the semifinal to eventual winner, Niger.

The Smiling Coast wrestlers also won a trophy and gold in the 100kg and silver in the 66kg.

The Gambia Wrestling team under the guidance of Coach Pap Senghore put up a respectable performance throughout the tournament.  

In the Individual Categories:

66kg- Chart (Silver Medal)

76kg- Jordan (4th Position)

86kg- Mboran (Quarter Final)

100kg- Arobas (Gold)

120kg- Africanuwar (4th Place)

The Gambia Wrestlers were accompanied to the championship by Coach Pap Senghore; Alagie Abdoulie Bojang, desk officer for Wrestling at the National Sports Council; Ousman Njai, vice president of the Gambia Wrestling Association and Jawara Ngum, Team Physio.