Ghana athlete becomes the first African to earn a 4th place podium finish at a World Championships winter sport competition
Akwasi Frimpong, Ghanas first skeleton Olympian, took 4th place Dec. 9, 2022 at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) inaugural skeleton World Push Championships in Lake Placid, New York. Frimpong ended ahead of some of the biggest winter sport nations in the world, including athletes from the USA, Austria, Ukraine, Great Britain and China, and beat out the Olympic bronze medalist from the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games.
In addition, last week Frimpong earned Ghanas first ever bronze medal in an international winter sport event during the IBSF North American Cup skeleton races in Lake Placid.
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