An action from the event
African champion and police officer, Grace Mintah, has been crowned the new queen of Ghana Armwrestling at the just-ended Armwrestling Supermatch at the Hathramani Hall of the Accra Stadium.
Grace, who won gold medal at the 2019 Africa Armwrestling Championship in Mali, came in strongly after two years absence to defeat Mary Aryeetey and Florence Boakye Mensah for a showdown with the defending heavyweight champion, Yasmin Kadiri Moro, aka Bukom Vampire, in the right arm contest.
Grace Mintah dismissed the defending champion Yasmin with a two straight win in the final to be crowned the right arm champion and squared with Florence Boakye in the left arm contest, defeating the latter to also win that contest.
Having won both left and right arm contest, the police officer was crowned the new Ghana Champion in the women’s armwrestling heavyweight and was decorated with a huge miniature armwrestling trophy, gold medal, cash prize and products from event partners.
Para athlete Tahiru, aka the Warrior, won the bragging right as the best in the heavyweight contest when he displayed splendid performances against Isaac Antwi Boasiako, aka the Punisher, undefeated Derrick Kwakye, aka Asoka GH, and Fawzi Saoud, aka the King, who flew down from Lebanon for the Supermatch.
Haruna Tahiru, an African champion in the Para Armwrestling, was crowned the new heavyweight champion for Armwrestling in Ghana. He won a trophy, cash prize and other attractive prizes.
The Armwrestling Supermatch was organised by the Ghana Armwrestling Federation to prepare the Golden Arms for the World Armwrestling Championships in Georgia where over 1,600 pullers from across the world will converge to determine world’s best in the arm business
The Armwrestling Supermatch was partnered by K-Balm Ointment, Happy FM, Opportunity International Savings & Loans, Legaci101 Sports Consultant, Perception Management International, Brand Surge Marketing, Twellium Industries, and Exploxa Energy Drink.
President of Ghana Armwrestling Federation, Charles Osei Asibey, described the competition as a huge success.