2018 Commonwealth Games: Jessie Lartey Claims Ghana’s First Medal


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Ghana’s Jessie Lartey has won the country’s first medal in the ongoing Commonwealth Games.

Lartey claimed bronze despite losing his semi-finals boxing bout to Canada’s Thomas Blumenfeld.

The Ghanaian lost via unanimous decision to the Canadian in the Men’s lightweifht middleweight clash Friday.

Ghana presented a total of seven boxers for the competition and it was only Lartey who got to the medal zone

Last four years in Glasgow, Wahid Omar also won bronze in boxing.


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