Cameroon successfully grabbed 30 medals at the just-ended African Games in Accra, Ghana.
Though the country sent in fewer athletes than usual, they were able to leave the competition with three gold medals, 12 silver medals, and 15 bronze medals.
Karate Brings First Medal at 13th African Games
Yoan Junior Dassi Tchouela opened the medal table for Cameroon at the competition by winning bronze medal in karate in the -67kg male individual kumite category.
He won the lone medal for Cameroon’s karate team.
Welcome to Silver Medal from Wrestling
Cameroon got her first two silver medals from wrestling.
Blandine Nyeh Ngiri amd Cedric Abossolo were the architects of Cameroon’s first silver medals, all in wrestling.
Rosine Ntsa Assouga and Miriam Orock Ngoe Wase followed with bronze medals.
First Gold Medal for Cameroon
Cameroon grabbed her first gold thanks to Junior Periclex Ngadja who grabbed two gold medals and one silver in men’s -109kg weightlifting.
In the meantime, Estelle Adele Momeni grabbed two silvers and one bronze medal while Jeanne Gaelle Eyenga Mbo Ossi had three silver medals.
Jeremie Junior Ngouanom Nzali was not left out. He left the competition with three bronze medals.
In all, all athletes who represented Cameroon in weightligting at the 13th African Games, left with a medal.
Team Work Equals Success
The strength of working as a team can never be underestimated.
Proof of this, Cameroon grabbed a bronze medal in team judo at the Games.
Prior to this medal, Marie Celine Baba Matia Audrey Jeannette Etoua Biock and Zita Ornella Biami, all grabbed silver medals in judo.
Georgika Djengue Moune on her part, succeeded to get a bronze medal.
One Medal in Boxing
Junior Fotouo Totap grabbed the lone medal for Cameroon in boxing, bronze.
Athletics Ignites Hope
Athletics did ignite hope in many Cameroonians as the first medal won by Cameroon at the 13th African Games was gold. Emmanuel Eseme Alobwede, overpowered hiw competitors and won a gold medal in men’s 100m.
Claude Emmanuel Itongue followed closely with a silver medal in men’s 200m.
Hope in athletics, however, dwindled at some point as the medals were not forthcoming.
Cameroon ended up with four bronze medals in athletics from Appolinaire Yinra in men’s long jump, Nora Monie in women’s discus throw, Linda Angounou in women’s 400m hurdles and Adele Mafogang in the heptathlon.
Mediocre Perfomance in Team Sports
Cameroon did not perform as expected in team sports.
After starting up the group stage in glory, the Handball Lionesses ended up with a bronze medal at the 13th African Games.
A sadder story for the Volleyball Lions who demonstrated prowess and fierceness at the group stages but ended up with nothing to show from the competition. They were thrashed at the semi finals of the competition.
In all, Cameroon occupies the 17th position at the 13th African Games, our of 53 countries that participated.
Eleanor Ayuketah Ngochi
