2023 African Games : Cameroon Finishes Seventeenth

Team Cameroon fell short of their goal at the 2023 African Games in Ghana, which concluded on March 23, 2024. The team aimed for a top-10 finish but ended the competition in 17th place with 30 medals (three gold, 13 silver, 14 bronze).
This result marks a slight decline from the previous Games, where Cameroon placed 11th with a total of 28 medals (five gold, 14 silver and nine bronze). Despite missing their target in Ghana, the team displayed commendable fighting spirit. They will look to learn from their experiences and improve for upcoming challenges, particularly the approaching Olympic Games.
Mixed performances highlighted Cameroon's campaign. The Men's Volleyball team, gold medallists in 2019, narrowly missed out on a podium finish, losing the bronze medal match to Ghana 2-3. Conversely, the Handball Lionesses secured bronze with a convincing 29-21 victory over Algeria.
Athletes like Emmanuel Itoungue (200m), Adele Mafogang (heptathlon), Nora Monie (discus throw), and Yinra Apollinaire added medals to the athletics discipline in the dying days of the competition. However, the stars of the show were undoubtedly Emmanuel Eseme (100m) and Junior Ngadja Nyabeyeu (weightlift...