Armwrestling’s gurus are looking for the place of the Olympic Games, they want to eclipse football; Charles Asibey de Ghana leads the crusade

Armwrestling fans in Nigeria and worldwide have embarked on a bold attempt to ensure that the sport of muscle flexion not only looks for a place in the Olympic Games, but also goes out to eclipse football as the world number one sporting event.

This was revealed in a live interview with Sports247 by the president of the Armwrestling Federation of Ghana, lawyer Charles Osei Asibey, who also revealed that he was recently appointed recently by the president of the global agency, Assen Hadjitodorov to lead the effort and process that would guarantee that his sport becomes an official part of the next Olympic.

Asibey pointed out that the position was given due to his double role as president of the Armwrestling African Federation and how he successfully led the position that made the sport became an annotation event in the last games of Africa, which was organized by his country, Ghana.

Asibey declared: “Bringing armed to Africa games is the most important thing that happens to our sport worldwide. The World President appreciates the achievement. As a matter of this, they have asked me to guide a team to push the armed to the Olympic Games. “

While exciting that the Armwrestling challenge of this year’s independence day in Accra, Ghana that took place on Saturday has traveled a long way in the construction of the base of rapid interest in sport, Asibey also revealed the steps that have been taken to create a vibrant impact for their effort throughout Africa, even when they also point to the games of other continents.

He revealed: “Little by little, we are working on how to enter the various continental games, and then enter the Olympic Games would become so easy. In that way, who supervises the Armwreestling challenge of independence this year in Ghana will have a good time.

“They can experience live what Nigerian bullets are doing; as well as what the Ghanese players, Togoles and Beninoise are doing. It is a very wonderful experience and this will not be the last. “

He concluded by recovering many attractions and benefits that competitors and countries obtained in the independence Armwrestling challenge of this year in Accra, who said it was much larger than ever, but presented himself recognizing that much should still be done so that the sport becomes famous worldwide.

“For me, it has no world -level precedents that television stations give Armwrestling live. That only happens for football; But we have four television stations that cover this competition. Little by little, we can be bigger than football. That is our plan.

“As we all know, Armwrestling was born before football, and it is a traditional sport. The only problem is that the brand of sport, promoting it and investing in it remains challenges we face. Anyway, it’s just a matter of time, and we will take it to the next level, “said Asibey.

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