Ghana\u2019s female shotput athlete Zinabu Issah has qualified for the sitting shot put final at the ongoing Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in the F57 category following an impressive performance with a throw of 8.67 meters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zinabu Issah\u2019s outstanding throw propels her to the top of her group, ahead of Vetokhina of Russia in second place with a throw of 7.93m, while Meyers and Houndalowan of Liberia and Benin respectively take third and fourth places with throws of 6.42m and 6.11m in the group phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zinabu qualified for the finals with a new PB (8.67) and would be competing in the finals at the Stade France on Thursday which increased Ghana\u2019s chances of clinching a medal at the ongoing Para Olympic Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ghana made its Paralympic Games d\u00e9but at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, where the nation sent three representatives to compete in two sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since then, Ghana has made five consecutive appearances at the Para Olympic Games (2008,2012,2016,2020 and 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No Ghanaian has ever won a medal at the Paralympic Games since the nation made its debut in 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a star-studded finals lineup at the Stade de France in Paris on Thursday, Zinabu Issah will battle against top contenders like Xu Mian, a silver medalist from the 2020 Tokyo Para Olympics, Safia Djelal, the 2020 Para Olympics gold medal winner, Para Olympics record holder (11.29) and World record holder(11.67m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Is Zinabu Issah the key to unlocking Ghana\u2019s first Para Olympics medal in twenty years?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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