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Published: 02 September 2021
The ninth day of the Tokyo 2020 Paralambad competition currently held in Japan is the winning horse for the Arabs at this Olympics with seven medals at once.
The Algiers Mission scored two new golds through runner Iskandar Jamil Osmani in the final of the F13 400 metres, and his teammate Safia Jalal in the F57.
On the same day and the same race in which the Algerian Iskandar Osmani took gold, Moroccan Mohamed Amkon placed second and took the silver medal.
Morocco's Faouzia Al-Qisouni managed to win silver in the F33 Women's Gel Prop competition.
Egypt's mission also secured a new medal through Mohamed Al-Zayat, a taekwondo player who won the silver medal in the 61 kg competition.
Earlier, Moroccan Paralambian runner Abdeslam Hili had been able to win the gold medal in the 400-metre T12 competition, while Tunisian runner-up Revelation Jababili Bronze won the same race as Dawn.
In the ninth competition, Algeria and Tunisia accounted for 9 medals each. Algeria earned 3 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze, and Tunisia for 3 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze.
They were followed by Egypt with seven medals (five silver and two bronze) and Morocco with six medals (gold, three silver and two bronze).
Jordan scored 3 gold and bronze, Iraq took 2 silver and 2 bronze, the Emirates won 2 bronze, the Kuwait Mission scored 1 silver medal, and Saudi Arabia managed 1 bronze, as did the Sultanate of Oman, which also scored 2 bronze.
It should be noted that the paralumbiad competition began on 25 August last and lasts until 5 September.