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The athlete from Cameroon who has never held her Olympic medal

The athlete from Cameroon who has never held her Olympic medal

By GhanaSummary NewsroomPan-Africa

Now, 14 years after London 2012, Ngake will make a remarkable return to a major multi-sport event when she competes at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games for her adopted nation, England.

As a naturalised athlete, with proven major event medal-winning potential, she was now eligible for UK Sport funding, which soon arrived, enabling Ngake to give up her job as a cleaner and focus on being a full-time athlete.

It meant some of Ngake's former team-mates and coaches from Cameroon would return to the UK themselves and for the first time in a decade she allowed her mind to dwell on weightlifting.

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