Video: Team Ghana At Rio Paralympics Opening Ceremony

Ghana’s contingent for the Rio Paralympics partook in the opening ceremony that was held in the Maracana stadium.

Ghana is making its fourth appearance at the Paralympics and will be represented by three para-athletes namely; Alem Mumuni (Para- Cycling), Charles Teye Narh and Yussif Amadu (High Jump).

 

A four-member delegation consisting Mr. Saka Acquaye, Deputy Director-General, National Sports Authority (NSA), Bishop Cornelius Adjah Coffie, President of the National Paralympic Committee (NPC), Mr. Ignatius Elletey, General Secretary of NPC and Sessi Dzakpasu, Technical Director of NPC, left the country to join the athletes in the Olympic Village

Video: Team Ghana At Rio Paralympics Opening Ceremony

Para-Athletes Ready To Rock Rio Paralympics

The 2016 Paralympics begin on Wednesday with Rio’s Maracana stadium again the iconic setting for the opening ceremony of a Games staged against a backdrop of austerity and doping.

Less than three weeks after the flame was doused on South America’s first Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro welcomes 4,300 Paralympians seeking their own slice of sporting glory.

Stars include Iranian powerlifter Siamand Rahman, Britain’s wheelchair racer David Weir and China’s blind sprinter Liu Cuiqing.

Two new events — canoe-kayak and triathlon — make their appearance on the 22-sport menu, with competitors from 161 nations — but not one Russian amongst them.

Russian para-athletes, who finished second behind China in the London 2012 medals table, were last month barred from the Sept 7-18 Games by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) following a World Anti-Doping Agency report which alleged a vast state-sponsored doping program.

 

Six countries are sending athletes for the very first time — Aruba, Congo, Malawi, Somalia, Sao Tome and Principe and Togo.

 

Ghana is making it fourth appearance at the Paralympics and will be represented by three para-athletes namely Alem Mumuni (Para- Cycling), Charles Teye Narh and Yussif Amadu (High Jump)

Para-Athletes Ready To Rock Rio Paralympics

Ghana Paralympic Team Receives Support (Photos)

CEO of Dan de van group of companies, Mr. Daniel Nii Mensah, has donated a set of kits to Team Ghana ahead of the 2016 Rio Paralympics which kick-starts on September 7, 2016.

Director general of the National Sports Authority, Mr. Joe kpenge received the presentation on behalf of team Ghana and expressed appreciation for the kind gesture demonstrated by Dan de van. He encouraged him to keep doing good for mother Ghana.

On his part ,Mr. Mensah was grateful for such appreciation and insisted it was part of his social responsibility as a company and would continue to do more for mother Ghana.

Meanwhile, the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) of Ghana has called for support for their disabled athletes as they have expressed the difficulty in funding for the trip

Three para athletes- Alem Mumuni (paracycling),Charles Narh (powerlifting) and Yusif Mohammed (High jump) would represent the nation at this year’s Paralympic Games.

Ghana Paralympic Team Receives Support (Photos)