Lagos (Nigeria), July 24, GNA – The National Armwrestling Team, Golden Arms, returned with a total of 45 medals after competing in the 11th edition of the Africa Armwrestling Championship at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium, Surulere at Lagos, Nigeria.
Golden Arms ended the competition with 18 gold medals, 22 silver medals and five bronze medals in both left and right arm battles.
In the overall team classification, Ghana finished third with a cumulative point of 383 while Nigeria with 27 gold medals, 27 silver medals and 22 bronze medals finished first with 630 points.
Egypt had 24 gold medals and placed second with 248 points.
Cameroon, with a total of 122 points finished fourth with seven gold medals, four silver medals and a bronze, while Togo placed fifth with 45 points and two gold and silver medals each and a bronze medal.
Benin and Madagascar scored 40 points each, but Benin had a gold medal, three silver medals and a bronze medal to place sixth while Madagascar three silver medals and two bronze medals to place seventh.
Senegal finished eighth with a silver medal and five bronze medals to accumulate 36 points, while Ivory Coast came ninth with seven points after winning a bronze medal.
The team arrived on Sunday, July 24.
The Africa Armwrestling Championship was held from July 19 to July 24 under the auspices of the Armwrestling Federation of Africa headed by Charles Osei Asibey and hosted by the Nigeria Armwrestling Federation with technical support from the World Armwrestling Federation.
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