2023 African Games Postponed To 2024, Will Remain In Ghana

by Retta Race 12

March 02nd, 2023 Africa, International, News

Originally set for this month in Ghana, the 2023 African Games have officially been postponed to next year.

The African Union (AU), the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) and the Association of African Sports Confederations (AASC) announced this week that the quadrennial event will now take place in March of 2024, remaining in the host city of Accra, Ghana.

As when the Tokyo Olympic Games retained its ‘2020 Olympic Games’ title despite being postponed, Ghana will follow suit with the ‘2023 Accra’ name being carried into 2024.

With the new timing, 12 out of the proposed 24 sporting disciplines of the Africa Games will see their competition serve as qualifiers for the 2024 Olympics Games in Paris following the approval by the President of the Association of African Sports Confederations (AASC), General Ahmed Nasser and the President of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA), Mustapha Berraf.

The disciplines are athletics, basketball 3×3, badminton, beach volleyball, cycling and judo, swimming, tennis, table tennis, triathlon, volleyball and wrestling.

The 2019 edition of the African Games in Casablanca, Morocco saw the nation of South Africa top the overall swimming medal table followed by Egypt and Algeria.

Men’s individual gold medalists for South Africa included Martin Binedell, Michael Houlie, Alaric Basson and Ryan Coetzee while women’s individual gold medalists for the top nation included Erin Gallagher, Kaylene Corbett, Jessica Whelan and Samantha Randle.

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Bud
1 year ago

This picture and the Douglass-Walsh picture are the most iconic duo

Seth
1 year ago

Does Ghana have a nice pool to host this meet?
I would like to visit the pool if they do!

Admin
Reply to  Seth
1 year ago

They do! It’s pretty new. Here’s a nice video about it: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=223040328875572

ooo
1 year ago

We can expect to see Russia taking part with Herr Bach’s blessing.

Tthhhgg
1 year ago

African swimming only consists of South Africa and even then it’s only white South Africans. We don’t need these articles.

jerrry the man
Reply to  Tthhhgg
1 year ago

How rude. There are many african countries that are participating in these games, yes South Africa does have “better swimmers” and yes they are “white” but why should that matter. If you’re a good swimmer you’re a good swimmer regardless of what your skin colour is.

Becky D
Reply to  Tthhhgg
1 year ago

Think fast: Who won the men’s 400 free in Tokyo?

Tthhhgg
Reply to  Becky D
1 year ago

You do know Egyptians,Tunisians,white South Africans, Morrocans etc don’t consider themselves Africans right?

Ali Khalafalla
Reply to  Tthhhgg
1 year ago

I am Egyptian and I consider myself African, all of my fellow countrymen consider themselves African. Along with those countries you mentioned, African. It has nothing to do with color. 🙂

Swimmer Brent
Reply to  Tthhhgg
1 year ago

And you do know that Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, and South Africa (even the white ones, gasp!) attend the African Games? Believe it or not, Egypt, Morocco, and South Africa have all even hosted the games.

Becky D
Reply to  Tthhhgg
1 year ago

Sounds like we need *more* articles like this.

Admin
Reply to  Tthhhgg
1 year ago

Tthhhgg gonna be shocked when he finds out that South Africa only had 4 more medals than Egypt in 2019.

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Former Masters swimmer and coach Loretta (Retta) thrives on a non-stop but productive schedule. Nowadays, that includes having earned her MBA while working full-time in IT while owning French 75 Boutique while also providing swimming insight for BBC.

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