Ghana's golden girl at the Youth
Olympics, Martha Bissah, says
her gold medal win is a “sweet
dream” and a beautiful beginning
she wants to build on.
Last Saturday, the 17-year-old
girl stunned the Games when she
raced to a personal best and a
new junior national record of
2:04.90 to snatch victory with an
impressive finish.
With most eyes on Ethiopia’s
Hawi Alemu Negeri, the African
champion, Bissah was not tipped
as favourite, but with 200m to
end the race, she left the
spectators admiring her finish as
she stepped up her pace and
finished ahead of the pack. Hawi
came second in 2:06.01min (a
personal best) while Germany’s
Mareen Kalis took third place in
2:06.03.
Not believing her feat, Bissah,
momentarily looked up to the
heaven and then knelt down as if
to give thanks and she later told
the Xinhua News Agency: "I knew
I had won, but when the
announcement blurred from the
speakers, it was unbelieveable. It
felt all like a sweet dream and I'm
really thrilled.
"Right now, I'm just happy and
can't describe what it feels like
being an Olympic champion, but I
feel good and happy that I've
made my country proud.
"Where do I go from here? The
journey has just began for me.
Most people think that the middle
distance and long distance are
the preserve of the East and
North Africans, I would want to
build on what I have achieved
here," the shy-looking youngster
said.
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