Led by the triple Olympic medalist in the 800 and 1500 m, Taoufik Mekhloufi, forty-four Algerian athletes are preparing to join Tokyo to represent Algeria at the Olympic Games.
Once again, it is the individual sports, which represent Algeria at the Olympic Games. Team sports are absent subscribers. The hopes of medals rest on the triple Olympic medalist (gold, silver and bronze in the 800 and 1500 m), the indestructible Taoufik Mekhloufi.
Despite a truncated preparation due to the health pandemic, he remains the best hope for a medal in athletics, even if Mohamed Tahar Yasser Triki has chances of getting on the podium in the triple jump. He distinguished himself a few days ago by winning the Diamond League competition in Oslo with a leap of 17 m 24. With 8 boxers, qualified, the noble Algerian art can also be satisfied in Tokyo, as long as the conditions are not too unfavorable. The swimmer Oussama Sahnoun, who continues to shine in the meetings in France where he is licensed, is also able to shine in the 5O and 100 m freestyle. Surprises from other qualified athletes are unlikely, but not impossible, especially in wrestling, where Algeria has qualified 8 wrestlers, or in rowing with Sid-Ali Boudina.
List of Algerian athletes qualified by discipline:
Athletics
Taoufik MAKHLOUFI, 1500
Djamel SEDJATI, 800m
Yassine HETHAT, 800 m
Abdelmalek LAHOULOU, 400m hurdles
Mohamed Yasser TRIKI, triple saut
Hichem BOUCHICHA, 3000m steeple
Bilal TABTI , 3000m steeple
Loubna BOUHADJA , 400m haies
Rowing
Sid Ali BOUDINA, two lightweight couples
Kamel AÏT DAOUD, two lightweight couples
speakers
Mohamed HOUMRI (81 kg),
Chouaïb BOULOUDINATS (+91 kg),
Mohamed FLISSI (52 kg),
Younes NEMOUCHI (75 kg)
Abdelhafid BENCHEBLA (91 kg)
Romaïssa BOUALEM (51 kg),
Imane KHELIF (60 kg)
Ichrak CHAIB (75 kg)
Canoe Kayak Amina KHERIS , 200m K1 , 500m K1
Cycling
Youcef REGUIGUI and Azzedine LAGAB, road race
LAGAB Azzedine, race against the clock
Fencing
sabre
Akram BOUNABI
Kaouthar MOHAMED-BELKEBIR
foil
Salim Haroui
Meriem MEBARKI.
Weightlifting
Walid BIDANI, + 109 Kg heavyweight
Judo
Fethi NOURINE (-73 kg)
Sonia ASSELAH + 78 kg
Karate
Lamya MATOUB (+61 kg)
Fight
Freestyle wrestling,
Abdelhak KHERBACHE (57 kg),
Fateh BENFERDJALLAH(86Kg),
Mohamed FARDJ (97 Kg)
Djahid BERRAHAL, (125 kg)
Greco-Roman wrestling
Abdelkrim FERGAT (60 kg),
Abdelmalek MERABET (67 kg),
Bachir SID AZARA (87 Kg),
Adem BOUDJEMLINE, (97 kg)
Swimming
Oussama SAHNOUN, 50m and 100m freestyle
Amel MELLIH, 50 m nage libre
Souad CHEROUATI, 10km open water
Tennis Table
Larbi BOURIAH. Men’s singles
Sportive shoot
Houda CHAABI, 10m compressed air pistol
Sail
Hamza BOURAS, RSX
Amina BERICHI, RSX
