{"id":113496,"date":"2024-02-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kuwaitnewsgazette.com\/?guid=a1d8813d4f54b0cc2b197a128a687204"},"modified":"2024-02-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T00:00:00","slug":"african-taekwondo-tournament-dakar-2024-moroccos-fatima-ezzahra-aboufaras-qualifies-for-paris-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewsgazette.com\/african-taekwondo-tournament-dakar-2024-moroccos-fatima-ezzahra-aboufaras-qualifies-for-paris-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"African Taekwondo Tournament (Dakar-2024): Morocco’s Fatima Ezzahra Aboufaras Qualifies for Paris Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nMoroccan taekwondo champion Fatima Ezzahra Aboufaras (+67kg) secured her spot in the Olympic Games (Paris-2024) on Saturday, by excelling at the African Taekwondo Tournament held at the Dakar Arena sports complex in Diamniadio from January 9th to 11th.<\/p>\n
The former champion of the 2018 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Buenos Aires defeated Guinea’s Ayong Veronica 2-0 in the final.<\/p>\n
However, her compatriot Soufiane Elasbi (-80kg) was eliminated by Faysal Sawadogo of Burkina Faso (0-2).<\/p>\n
Three Moroccans out of six participants secured their tickets for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games on Friday. Ayoub Adouich (-63kg), Rachid Ismaili Alaoui (-80kg), and Rajae Akermach (+65kg) were successful.<\/p>\n
A total of 44 disabled athletes representing 13 countries participated on the first day of the tournament. Ayoub Adouich defeated Senegal’s Fam Diene 20-10, while Rachid Ismaili Alaoui triumphed over Mali’s Samake Adama 30-25. Rajae Akermach emerged victorious in the final against Ghanaian champion Keyrema Patricia (16-2).<\/p>\n
The
\nother Moroccan athletes, Naoual Laaarif (-47kg), Rahma Rboh (-65kg), and Zakaria Nejjari (-58kg), couldn’t clinch victories in their respective finals against their opponents: Cameroon’s Guileine Chemogne (14-16), Dassi Marie (5-25), and Djavirou Omar from Niger. Nejjari was disqualified due to a technical foul after a headbutt, despite leading 10-2.<\/p>\n
The tournament continues on Sunday with the elimination rounds in the Olympic category, featuring two other Moroccan competitors: Nadia Laaraj (-57kg) and Ayoub Bassel (+80kg).<\/p>\n
Source: Agency Morocaine De Presse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Moroccan taekwondo champion Fatima Ezzahra Aboufaras (+67kg) secured her spot in the Olympic Games (Paris-2024) on Saturday, by excelling at the African Taekwondo Tournament held at the Dakar Arena sports complex in Diamniadio from January 9th to 11th…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n