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Athletes Mohamed Berrahal (200m) and Abdelkrim Krai (1500m), closed the Algerian participation (men/women) in the 11th World Para-athletics Championships in Kobe, Japan, with two more silver medals, Saturday during the tests of the 9th and final day.
In the 200 m, class T51, Berrahal took second place in 39.37, behind the winner and Belgian world champion, Roger Habsh (36.64), and in front of the Mexican Navarro Sanchez (40.23). He redeemed himself after failing in the 100m final with the same competitors, finishing just off the podium.
For his part, the middle distance runner Abdelkrim Krai, faithful in major events, managed to climb onto the second step of the world podium in the 1500m event, class T38. The Algerian crossed the finish line in 4:00.94, breaking the world record. The race was won by Tunisian Amen Tissaoui, shattering the world record for the event in 3:58.31, while 3rd place went to Australian Deon Kenzie (4:04.97).
Algeria could hope for other medals during this 9th day, with the F33 weight specialist, Kamel Kardjena who finished at the foot of the podium in his competition, with a throw at 11.00 meters, two centimeters from the medal of bronze.
The competition was dominated by China, with Cai Bingchen (11.91 meters) and Liu Li (11.68 meters). For his part, the young Mokhtar Didane was satisfied with an 8th place in the Length, class F36, with a jump of 5.33 meters. The gold medal was won by the reigning world champion and world record holder, Evgenii Torsunov (neutral banner), with a jump of 5.89 meters, ahead of William Stedman (New Zealand) 5.85 meters and Brazilian Perreira Da Silva 5.75 meters. After nine days of competition, and engaged with twenty (20) athletes, Algeria completes its participation in the Kobe Worlds (May 17-28) with a very honorable 9th place (22nd at the last 2023 Worlds in Paris).
The Algerian para-athletics selection totaled 13 medals (5 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze), which allowed it to be the best Arab and African country ranked in the Japanese games, out of 60 ranked countries and more than 100 countries present. at the championships. First place at the World Para-Athletics Championships in Kobe went, as expected, to China with a total of 87 medals (33 gold, 30 silver and 24 bronze), ahead of Brazil with 42 medals (19 gold, 12 silver and 11 bronze) and the surprise of the Championship, Uzbekistan with 13 charms (7 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze).