Ajara Mohammed to receive 10,000 dollars for winning two gold medals

(William D. Ezah, GNA Special Correspondent, Maputo Mozambique, courtesy, National Sports Authority)

Maputo, Mozambique, Sept. 14, GNA - Ghana's Golden Girl' Ajara Mohammed will bike home' with a whooping 10,000 dollars for winning two gold medals at the 10th All Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique.

Ajara won gold in the Women's 1500 meter race as well as well the 400 meter race toemerge as the only gold medalist of Ghana's contingent in the 11-day old event.

The amount forms part of what the National Sports Authority (NSA) budgeted for eventual gold medallist at the competition.

According to sources at the NSA, each gold medal goes for 5,000 dollars, hence the disable athlete who remains the nations brightest spot in the Mozambique tourney will smile home with 10,000 dollars aside her per diem.

Worlanyo Agra, Director General of the NSA who disclosed this to said athletes who win silver medals will be paid 2,500 dollars, with bronze medallists earning 1500 dollars.

The performance of Ajara, who entered the competition on a wild card ticket, has so far enhanced Ghana's standing on the medal table. Ghana before Ajara's sterling performance on Tuesday was placed 16th on the medal table but it is likely to witness a significant rise on the table in the coming days.

Each member of the Relay Team, both male and female are also expected to earn 2500 dollars each for winning silver medals with Felix Acheampong a disabled athlete who picked silver in the 1500 meter also going home with a similar amount.

The Men's Badminton pair of Solomon Nyarko and Daniel Sam together with David Bawa, Maxwell Amponsah, Patrick Obeng and Anita Foudjour will in addition also pocket 1500 dollars each for winning bronze medals in the competition.

Agra told the GNA Sports that the athletes will be paid immediately they arrive in Ghana since the Authority could not carry huge sums of money to Maputo for the Games.

He, however, noted that efforts will be made to pay the foreign based athletes earlier since some of them will be leaving straight to their bases after the Games.