African Games 2023

[Makedonas 2,170]

36 minutes ago, Makedonas said:

Cyprianos aka Kyprianos is a Cypriot name, I know there was in the past some Greek community in Zimbabwe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeks_in_Zimbabwe

 

I know Wikipedia isn't the best source, but it says here that most of the Greeks in Zimbabwe came from Cyprus, so I guess it makes sense now @Olympian1010

[thepharoah 2,405]

 

Medals Table after end of Today's Events 

[bestmen 2,829]

Egypt killed the games .. they are weak in athletics which be held in Ramadan so ghana managed everything to give the win to egypt 

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Gold in chess Blitz women , well done Lina

[Fly_like_a_don 1,110]

26 minutes ago, bestmen said:

Gold in chess Blitz women , well done Lina

That's a suprise. I thought  would not be able to manage Ramadan and sports together as you indicated prior 

[thepharoah 2,405]

 Zambia won their 1st Gold Medal in the Games surprisingly in Judo by Steven Mungandu in Men's -66kg 

Edited March 13, 2024 by thepharoah

[thepharoah 2,405]

About Angola , they are Currently suspended by WADA , something similar to what happened to Russia . that's why their players in Judo participating under African Judo Union Flag and they won Gold yesterday in Men's -60 kg by Leonardo Barros 

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Women’s cricket medal winners

Gold - Zimbabwe 

Silver - South Africa 

Bronze - Nigeria 

 

Congratulations to Team Zimbabwe.

 

The two teams were tied at 20 overs at 112 runs each. Zimbabwe defended 5 in 20th over leading to a super over won by Zimbabwe where they scored 4 runs v 2 runs by South Africa 

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  winning quite a few golds in weightlifting

 

  dominating though

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Beach Volleyball Finals

 

Men  v 

 

Women  v