10/03/2008
Tunisia's Naziha Hamza, Maroua Ameri and Sabrine Mathlouthi qualified for the 2008 Olympics after winning their respective categories in the women's events at the African Wrestling Championships. Wrestlers from 19 countries took part in the event which concluded in Tunis on Sunday (March 9th), TAP reported. On Saturday, Tunisians Haykel Achouri (84 kg) and Maher Bouthouri (55kg) also qualified for the Beijing 2008 games by winning in the Greco-Roman wrestling events.
On Friday, Algerian wrestlers qualified for the Olympics for the first time by snatching three out of five gold medals at the Tunis competition. Samir Bouguerra won the 96 kg event, Mohamed Serrir aced the 66kg and Zeghdane Messaoud swept the 74 kg.