The women's 800 metres women race came alive Saturday after Benhassi Hasna of Morocco (pictured above) came in second in a time of 1.58.03 behind 19 year old Pamela Jelimo of Kenya who won her heat in a time of 1.57.31 both women qualified for the finals. Kostetskaya Ekaterina of Russia was third in a time of 1.58.33.
In the long jump qualifications Yahya Berrabah of Morocco jumped 7.88 9 and Tarik Bougtaib 7.69 15.
The Maghreb region also had cause to celebrate with the outstanding gold medal win by Tunisian Oussama Mellouli who beat the favourite Grant Hackett of Australia.
Tunisia ended Australian Grant Hackett's dream of an historic three 1500m freestyle Olympic gold medals with a thrilling victory in the final at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday. Mellouli sprinted clear with 300m left and held off Hackett's spirited finish to win in 14 minutes 40.84 seconds.
Algeria's Amar Benikhlef won a silver in the men's Judo 100kg category and beside him was bronze medallist Hesham Mesbah from Egypt.
Benikhlef's breakthrough has been a fruit cultivated by the International Training Center of International Judo Federation (IJF) established in Morocco, where judokas were head coached by former Italian judo star Ezio Gamba, Olympic champion in Moscow 1981 and silver in Los Angeles 1984.
An appeal lodged by Morocco after bantamweight Hicham Mesbahi (pictured left) was stopped with injury in a second-round bout at the Olympic boxing competition has been turned down, the sport's ruling body said on Saturday.Mesbahi was leading Botswana's Khumiso Ikgopoleng 8-3 on Friday when the referee stopped the bout with 32 seconds left in the fourth and final round because the Moroccan had a nose cut.
The result will stand, the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) said in a statement.
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