last chance for Morocco medals in Olympic - Morocco Travel Information

August 20, 2008

last chance for Morocco medals in Olympic


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In taekwondo, Morocco's Ghizlane Toudali lost 0-5 to Iran's Sara Khosh-Jamal.
In Wednesday's athletics competitions, all three Moroccans runners in the 5000m race—Anis Selmouni, Mourad Marofit and Abdelaziz el Idrissi Ennaji—were eliminated, as they were unable to produce the same burst of speed as their competitors in the final stretch.
But respectively. Morocco's Yacine Bensaghir and Muhssin Chehibi were eliminated, but their fellow countryman Amine Laalou managed to qualify after taking first place in Heat 6.
[Mawassi Lahcen] Moroccan taekwondo champ Ghizlane Toudali lost 0-5 to Iran's Sara Khosh-Jamal on Wednesday. As the end of the Games nears, Maghreb medals hopes are focused on the athletics competitions

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