Luanda - The Minister of Youth and Sports, Rui Falcão, highlighted, on Thursday, in Luanda, the organization at all levels as a path to the podium in the next edition of the African Games, in 2026, in Egypt.
Speaking to the press during a meeting with the mission that participated in the race, held in Ghana, he expressed dissatisfaction with Angola's 21st position in the final classification.
Even so, he valued the effort of the group that obtained medals in some modalities within the constraints of preparation for the continental competition.
Rui Falcão argued that, for future events, preparation must be guided by a better organizational level on the part of the federations and all entities involved, if the objective is to achieve positive results.
Addressing particularly federative officials, he asked for greater responsibility in matters related to the country's representation, so that athletes have the best training conditions to achieve better results.
Finally, the minister called for a better positioning of provincial associations and federations so that, even in conflict, they think about the country and not about personal interests.
At the event, the Minister of Youth and Sports was flanked by the Secretary of State for Youth, Francisco Boaventura Chitapa, and by Teresa Ulundo, Secretary of State for Sports.
In Accra, the national delegation won six medals, including two gold, one silver and three bronze, among five thousand athletes from 54 countries.
These are the 60kg judoka, Leonardo de Barros (gold), the chess player Ednásia Júnior (silver), the swimmer Rafaella Santos and the 87kg Greco-Roman style fighters, Roberto Nsangua and Manaceu Ngonda (bronze).
The national senior women's handball team reclaimed the African title by defeating its counterpart from the Democratic Republic of Congo in the final, 33-15 (15-7).
The current competition was won by Egypt with 191 medals, of which 102 were gold, 47 were silver and 42 were bronze.
Nigeria remains in second place, with 121 medals (47 gold, 34 silver and 40 bronze).
In third place was occupied by South Africa, with 106 medals (32 gold, 32 silver and 42 bronze).
Angola participated with the women's team in handball, judo, athletics, taekwondo, volleyball, cycling, adapted athletics, tennis, table tennis, cycling, chess, karate, beach volleyball and MMA arts. BSV/MC
