Athletics/ Arab U23 Championship: Ben Naïdja wins gold medal 

CAIRO- Ahmed Ayoub Ben Naïdja on Monday offered Algeria a fourth gold medal in the triple jump event (16.02 meters), as part the Arab U23 Athletics Championship, which is being held in the Suez Canal Stadium in El Ismailia (Egypt), from 6 to 9 July.

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For his part, Anes Dja-Yahia won the bronze medal, after ranking third in 3000 meters steeplechase, bringing Algeria's provisional total to ten medals: four gold and six bronze. 

Algeria’s first three gold medals were clinched by Haïthem Chenitef (1500 meters), Rahil Hamel (100 meters/hurdles) and Ismaïl Benhammouda (10.000 meters/ walk).

 The five bronze medals were harvested by Malak Fertouni (400 meters), Ghania Rezik (1500 meters), Melissa Touloum (10.000 meters/walk), Wissem Souissi (javelin throw) and Amine Ouhioune (high jump).

 Algeria is participating in this competition with a total of 22 athletes.

 The other Algerian athletes participating in this competition are:  Lina Maria Guedal (4x400 meters), Lyna Benaïbouche (shot put), Rokaïa Mouici (800m and 1500m), Malak Belhadi (100m/hurdles), Darine Hadil Rezik (high jump) and Wissal Harkas (women’s triple jump), as well as Mohamed Skander Bahbouh (discus throw), Louaï Lamraoui (long jump), Mohamed Seif-Eddine Hafsi (800 meters), and Abderrahmane Djaber (high jump).[/ecr]