World Martial Arts Games (Karate Do): Algeria wins gold, silver medals

RIYADH- Algerian karateka Louiza Abourriche snatched the gold medal at the World U21 Martial Arts Games (men and women), being held in Saudi Arabia on 20-21 October, after defeating on Friday Kazakh Bella Samaseva, in the final match of 55kg, while her compatriot Sylia Ouikene (50 kg) won the silver medal, after her defeat in the final against Colombian Sofia Cardenas Balcazar. 

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 Louiza Abourriche qualified for the finals after beating French Tylla Levacher, while Sylia Oukiene reached the final after defeating Cypriot Irène Kontou (3-0).

Algeria has won two medals so far, pending the match of its third and last representative in this competition, namely Khadidja Ghellam.

A total of 1500 athletes from 120 countries are participating in this global competition. 

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