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With
only one Olympic vacancy left to allocate on the final day of
the 1st AIBA African Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Algiers,
Algeria, local hero Newfel Ouatah charged to a 21-6 victory over
Mohamed Amanissi (MAR) in the +91kg division on Thursday.
Ouatah's
victory brought the number of Algerian Olympic qualifiers to
eight and the number of gold medals to four, much to the delight
of the strong home country support
A
total of 29 boxers booked an Olympic ticket from this opening
African qualifying event, which has proved to be an excellent
opening leg to the 2nd AIBA African Olympic Qualifying
Tournament, which will be held in
Windhoek
,
Namibia
from March 22-31.
Finals
results:
48kg
Jafet Uutoni (
NAM
) beat Sulemane Bilali (KEN) RET R4
51kg Walid Cherif (TUN) beat Abdelillah Nhaila (MAR) PTS 19:1
54kg Abdelhalim Ourradi (ALG) beat Mesbahi Hicham (MAR) PTS 6:0
57kg Mahdi Ouatine (MAR) beat Abdelkader Chadi (ALG) WO
60kg Saifeddine Nejmaoui (TUN) beat Hamza Kramou (ALG) PTS 11:4
64kg Driss Moussaid (MAR) beat Hamza Hassini (TUN) PTS 17:8
69kg Hussein Bakr Abdin Hosam (EGY) beat Joseph Mulema (CMR)
75kg M. Ab. Mawgo A. El Hikal (EGY) beat Hamed Saraku (GHA) PTS
11:4
81kg Abdelhafid Benchabla (ALG) beat Mourad Sahraoui (TUN) WO
91kg Abdelaziz Touilbini (ALG) beat Mohamed Arjaoui (MAR) PTS
18:2
+91kg Newfel Ouatah (ALG) beat Mohamed Amanissi (MAR) PTS 21:6
Olympic
Qualifiers
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48kg
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51kg
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Gold:
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Jafet
Uutoni (
NAM
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Gold:
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Walid
Cherif (TUN)
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Silver:
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Sulemane
Bilali (KEN)
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Silver:
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Abdelillah
Nhaila (MAR)
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Bronze:
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Manyo
Plange (GHA)
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Bronze:
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Molla
Getachew (ETH)
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54kg
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57kg
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Gold:
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Abdelhalim
Ourradi (ALG)
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Gold:
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Mahdi
Ouatine (MAR)
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Silver:
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Mesbahi
Hicham (MAR)
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Silver:
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Abdelkader
Chadi (ALG)
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Bronze:
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Stephen
Ikgopoleng (BOT)
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Bronze:
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Alaa
Shili (TUN)
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60kg
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64kg
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Gold:
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Saifeddine
Nejmaoui (TUN)
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Gold:
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Driss
Moussaid (MAR)
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Silver:
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Hamza
Kramou (ALG)
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Silver:
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Hamza
Hassini (TUN)
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Bronze:
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Tahar
Tamsamani (MAR)
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Bronze:
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Hastings
Bwalya (ZAM)
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69kg
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75kg
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Gold:
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Hussein
Bakr Abdin Hosam (EGY)
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Gold:
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M.
Ab. Mawgo A. El Hikal (EGY)
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Silver:
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Joseph
Mulema (CMR)
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Silver:
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Hamed
Saraku (GHA)
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Bronze:
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Choayeb
Oussassi (ALG)
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Bronze:
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Nabil
Kassel (ALG)
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81kg
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91kg
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Gold:
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Abdelhafid
Benchabla (ALG)
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Gold:
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Abdelaziz
Touilbini (ALG)
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Silver:
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Mourad
Sahraoui (TUN)
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Silver:
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Mohamed
Arjaoui (MAR)
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+91kg
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Gold:
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Newfel
Ouatah (ALG)
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African
Olympic Qualifiers
Total Boxers: 29
Total Countries: 11
Algeria: 8 boxers
Morocco: 6
Tunisia: 5
Egypt: 2
Ghana: 2
Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Zambia: 1
Meanwhile,
the 1st AIBA Asia Olympic Qualifying Tournament in
Bangkok
,
Thailand
will contest the semifinals on Friday where 18 Olympic vacancies
are on the line.
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