{"id":19570,"date":"2021-06-08T06:07:49","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T11:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/?p=19570"},"modified":"2021-06-08T06:07:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T11:07:49","slug":"algerian-weightlifter-walid-bidani-109-kg-qualifies-for-tokyo-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/algerian-weightlifter-walid-bidani-109-kg-qualifies-for-tokyo-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Algerian weightlifter Walid Bidani (+109 kg) qualifies for Tokyo Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: insidethegames.biz\u00a0 \u00a0 June 2021<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-inline\">\n<li><span class=\"article-author\">By\u00a0Brian Oliver<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NAIROBI- Algerian weightlifter, Walid Bidani, crowned African champion in Kenya, has been officially qualified for the Tkoyo Olympic Games, as he claimed 3 gold medals in the 109 kg division, according to the Algerian Weightlifting Federation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-preview\">\n<p>Walid Bidani was one of three record-breakers at the African Weightlifting Championships in Nairobi, which finished this weekend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Algerian super-heavyweight, who will be a medal contender at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, snatched 201 kilograms to set a continental record.<\/p>\n<p>Bidani\u2019s team mate Faris Touairi also set an African record with a snatch of 165kg at 89kg, and a third record-breaker of the week was Tojonirina Andriantsitohaina of Madagascar, with a 67kg total of 303kg.<\/p>\n<p>Tunisia topped the overall medals table ahead of Nigeria and Algeria, while on points classification Algeria were the leading men\u2019s team and Nigeria best of the women.<\/p>\n<p>Karem Ben Hnia of Tunisia was rated top individual performer of the week on Robi points, for his 330kg total in the men&#8217;s 73kg.<\/p>\n<p>The three record-breakers filled the three places behind him in the Robi points table.<\/p>\n<p>After a surprise bomb-out in the clean and jerk by Nouha Landoulsi, one of Tunisia\u2019s medal hopes in Tokyo, the top four individual women\u2019s efforts were all by Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>None of them is in contention for a place at Tokyo 2020 and their top female lifter, Chika Joy Amalaha, is suspended for doping.<\/p>\n<p>There was a big reward on offer in the men&#8217;s 96kg, in which Christian Amoah needed a good performance to overtake his team mate Forrester Osei in the Olympic rankings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: insidethegames.biz\u00a0 \u00a0 June 2021 By\u00a0Brian Oliver NAIROBI- Algerian weightlifter, Walid Bidani, crowned African champion in Kenya, has been officially qualified for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":19571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-articles","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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