.. Wins second medal - Silver
Helsinki, Finland - Ignatius Gaisah won Ghana's second medal at the 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki on Saturday. This was Ghana's first ever silver medal and first ever medal by a male athlete at the world athletics championship.
Gaisah, cleared 8.34m in the third round for a national record and silver in the long jump.
American Dwight Phillips only needed one jump to retain his world title with a leap of 8.60 metres to equal his personal best. Finland's Tommi Evila clinched bronze (8.25) to delight the home crowd with the country's first medal of this year's championships.
The Finns success in a way overshadowed what was professionalism personified by Gaisah & Phillips.
Margaret Simpson, who won bronze from the hepthathlon event last Sunday, was the first Ghanaian athlete to win a medal at the world championship.
.. Wins second medal - Silver
Helsinki, Finland - Ignatius Gaisah won Ghana's second medal at the 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki on Saturday. This was Ghana's first ever silver medal and first ever medal by a male athlete at the world athletics championship.
Gaisah, cleared 8.34m in the third round for a national record and silver in the long jump.
American Dwight Phillips only needed one jump to retain his world title with a leap of 8.60 metres to equal his personal best. Finland's Tommi Evila clinched bronze (8.25) to delight the home crowd with the country's first medal of this year's championships.
The Finns success in a way overshadowed what was professionalism personified by Gaisah & Phillips.
Margaret Simpson, who won bronze from the hepthathlon event last Sunday, was the first Ghanaian athlete to win a medal at the world championship.
