Ghana’s Blessed Nunoo delivered an impressive performance at the 2024 World Armwrestling Championship in Chisinau, Moldova, finishing 4th in the 60kg Junior Girls left arm category after narrowly missing out on the 3rd place spot. This achievement marks the best performance by a Ghanaian at the championship so far, with Nunoo set to compete in the right arm category on Monday, August 19.

The Golden Arms of Ghana are represented by a strong team, including double gold medallists and African champions Grace Minta of the Ghana Police Service, Edward Yamoah Asamoah of the Ghana Immigration Service, and civilians Blessing Abeka Nunoo and Godwin Sackey. The team is led by Head Coach Nii Otoo Larkyne, accompanied by Husseini Akuetteh Addy, Head Referee for the Armwrestling Federation of Africa, and Ms. Abigail Fremah, a senior referee.

Ranked 19th in the world and second in Africa, the Ghanaian team is striving to secure its first World Championship medal after a successful run at the 13th African Games in Accra, where they won 41 medals. Meanwhile, Charles Osei Asibey, President of the Ghana Armwrestling Federation and Vice President of the World Armwrestling Federation, was honored by the global body for his contributions to the sport’s development on Sunday. The championship, hosted by the Moldovan National Sport Federation of Armwrestling (FNSARM), is the largest global gathering of armwrestlers under the leadership of President Alexandru Grumeza and General Secretary Ms. Anna Belenciuc.