Para Powerlifting World Championships: Algerian Hocine Bettir snatches gold

ALGIERS- Algerian athlete, Hocine Bettir, won a silver medal Thursday, in the Para-Powerlifting World Championship (men and women), in Pattaya, Thailand, a penultimate stage of qualification for the Paralympic Games of Paris 2024.

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Competing in the 65kg category, Bettir managed to lift 190kg in his first trial, before failing twice in a trial to lift 200kg.

The gold medal in the category went to Indian Ashok (197kg) and the bronze to Uzbekistan's Sanjar Ollaberganov (175kg).

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