Cherine Abdellaoui. Athlete. Paralympic Women’s Judo.
Cherine Abdellaoui of Algeria won gold in the judo women’s -52kg category after beating Priscilla Gagne of Canada at the Nippon Budokan Arena in Tokyo.
For the first time since 13 years Algeria celebrates an Olympic Champion at the Paralympics. Algeria’s Cherine Abdellaoui was absolutely delighted with her gold medal in the women’s up to 52kg, improving on her third place from Rio 2016.
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ALGERIA
Raoua Tlili . Athlete . Paralympic Women’s Shot Put.
Raoua Tlili of Tunisia has broken her own world record on the way to winning a gold medal in the Women’s Shot Put at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
The 31-year-old became the first Tunisian to win a gold at the competition with throw of 10.55m at the Olympic Stadium in the Japanese capital, beating the old mark by 36cm.
Tlili had previously won gold at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, with the old record, and also London 2012 and Beijing 2008
source/content: arabnews.com
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TUNISIA
Nassima Saifi .Athlete . Paralympic Women’s Discus Throw
Nassima Saifi of Algeria won a silver medal in the Women’s Discus Throw at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games on Saturday morning.
The 32-year-old’s medal is her country’s fourth at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
Algeria now has four medals (one gold, one silver and two bronze) at the games, putting it 19th in the medal table.
source/content: arabnews.com
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ALGERIA