Ghana, Ghana – Team Ghana will be aiming to build on an encouraging start to its Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games campaign as the nation’s athletes return to action on Thursday, July 30, with hopes of adding to the country’s medal tally.
Ghana has already celebrated its first podium finish of the Games after Zinabu Issah produced a brilliant performance to win the silver medal in the Women’s Para Shot Put T57 event. Her impressive throw of 8.65 metres secured Ghana’s opening medal of the competition and lifted the country’s spirits early in the Games.
With one silver medal to its name, Team Ghana currently sits joint 20th on the Commonwealth Games medal table alongside Sri Lanka.
The opening week also delivered another historic milestone for Ghanaian athletics. Seventeen-year-old Hayford Addai produced a sensational run in the Men’s 100m T47 final, clocking 10.99 seconds to become the first Ghanaian T47 sprinter to officially break the 11-second barrier.
Although he finished fifth in the final, Addai’s performance eclipsed his previous personal best of 11.09 seconds and stands as one of Ghana’s most remarkable para-athletics achievements in recent years, highlighting the teenager’s immense promise for future international competitions.
Attention now turns to another busy day of competition, with Ghana set to compete in both weightlifting and athletics.
In the weightlifting arena, Abdul Salim Adjei will compete in the Men’s 110kg final at 9:30 AM, hoping to challenge for a place on the podium.
On the track, Evonne Britton begins her campaign in the Women’s 100m Heat 1 at 11:30 AM, while Ghana’s sprint stars James Dadzie, Joseph Paul Amoah, and Mustapha Bokpin will all line up in the semi-finals of the Men’s 200m, each aiming to secure qualification for the final.
All eyes will be on the sprint trio as they seek to continue Ghana’s strong athletics showing, while Adjei carries the nation’s hopes in weightlifting.
Following Zinabu Issah’s historic silver medal and Hayford Addai’s record-breaking performance, confidence within Team Ghana remains high as the Games gather momentum.
With resilience, determination and national pride driving the team, Ghanaians will be eagerly watching in anticipation of more memorable performances and, hopefully, additional medals in Glasgow.