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General News of Thursday, 9 January 2020

Source: kuulpeeps.com

GUSA 2020: African games gold medalist Rose Yeboah sets new high jump record

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Ghanaian high jumper, Rose Yeboah has won gold in the ongoing 2020 GUSA Games held at the University of Ghana on Wednesday, January 8, 2020.

The 19-year-old from the University of Cape Coast jumped a height of 1.85M in the competition to break the record set by Abigail Kwarteng in 2016 who recorded 1.70M.

Rose Yeboah sets a new PB, clearing the bar at 1.85m.

That height puts her joint second in the all time national ranking in the high jump. Margaret Simpson and Ruky Yeboah the other two on 1.85m

Can she take Abigail Kwarteng's NR of 1.87m?#GUSAGAMES pic.twitter.com/EoRGjTOyvQ

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Rose has improved on her personal best which stood at 1.84M; a feat she reached in the African Games in Rabat last year.

The victory is her first in 2020 and will be looking forward to achieving greater heights.

Her new record has put her at par with Margret Simpson (1.85M), Ruky Yeboah (1.85M) and just 0.2 metres below Abigail Kwarteng who is the national champion with a record of (1.87M).

source: citi sports