Arab countries won seven gold medals at the Paralympic Games

(MENAFN – Brazil – Arab News Agency (ANBA))

Arab countries won seven gold medals at the Sao Paulo-Tokyo Paralympic Games on Wednesday morning (1). Ten countries in the region won medals. In addition to gold medals from Tunisia, Jordan and Algeria, Arab athletes won 13 silver and 14 bronze for a total of 34 medals.

Tunisia is the first Arab country to host the Paralympic Games. Tunisian athletes won a total of eight medals, including three gold, four silver and one bronze. Tunisia’s third gold medal was won on Wednesday by Rayo Dele, former Rio 2016 champion, breaking the women’s F41 record, 37.91 meters, world and Paralympic records. Tunisia Africa Press (TAP).

Rawa Daily exceeded its shot last week. This is Tunisia’s first gold medal in this edition of the Games. He also set a new world record with a throw of 10.55 meters. The other gold medal in Tunisia came from athlete Walid Keila in the 34 100m men. He stepped onto the podium at the start of the week and broke his previous record.

The Jordanians won three gold medals and one bronze. The first places in the men’s weightlifting category in the +107 kg category came from athlete Jamil Al-Shibli in the 88 kg weight category with Abdul Karim Kuttab, and in the 49 kg category with Omar Karada.

Algeria, the other Arab country to have won gold at the Paralympic Games, won the women’s 52 kg judo with Cyrine Abdallah. Algerian athletes won two silver medals and four bronze medals, for a total of seven. Algeria placed 45, Jordan 33 and Tunisia 26 in the Paralympic medal table.

Other Arab countries that have already won silver or bronze medals at the Games are Egypt (ranked 56), Morocco (ranked 61), Iraq (ranked 64), Kuwait (ranked 68), l ‘Saudi Arabia (ranked 74), Oman (ranked 74) and the United Arab Emirates. Emirates Airlines (74). China leads the medal table, the Russian Paralympic team is second and Great Britain third. Brazil is ranked seventh with 15 gold, 12 silver and 21 bronze.

Translated by Eliseo Brazelero

Arab countries have won seven gold medals at the Paralympic Games.

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