ALGIERS- Algeria's karatekas won the gold medal in the men's team kumite event on Friday, the second and last day of the karate-do tournament (kumite and kata) held in the Cupola of the Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex of Algiers, as part of the 15th Arab Sports Games (July 5-15).

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Made up of Ben Makhlouf Saber, Belabed Badis and Tahoulit Abdelli, the Algerian team beat their Tunisian counterparts in the final.

Algeria leads the karate-do's ranking with a total of seven medals (3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze).

The weight classes competing in the 15th Arab Sports Games are -60 kg, -67 kg, -75 kg, -84 kg and +84 kg in men's events, and -50 kg, -55 kg, -61 kg, -68 kg and +68 kg in women's events.

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