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Thirty-Six Olympic Berths Secured by 10 Different Nations at African and Oceania Olympic Qualifier HAMMAMET, (April 5) -- Thirty-six Olympic berths were secured by 10 different nations this past weekend at the African and Oceania Olympic Qualifier in Hammamet, Tunisia. Wrestlers who finished in the top two in their respective weight categories qualified their nations for the Tokyo . Host nation Tunisia secured the most Olympic berths with 10 across the three styles. qualified eight weight categories, while qualified seven. Below is a brief recap from each of the three styles. Greco-Roman Tunisia tallied a quartet of Tokyo berths in Greco-Roman. They claimed the team title, finishing five points ahead of second-place Algeria, who also nabbed four Olympic berths. The four wrestlers who earned Tunisian tickets to the Olympic Games were: Souleymen NASR (TUN), Lamjed MAAFI (TUN), Haikel ACHOURI (TUN) and Amine GUENNICHI (TUN). Nasr and Maafi won titles, while Achouri and Guennichi finished second. Algeria had a solo champion and three runner-ups and also booked four tickets to Tokyo. Their four berths came at 60kg, 67kg, 87kg and 97kg. Adem BOUDJEMLINE (ALG) won gold at 97kg, while Abdelkarim Fergat (60kg), Abdelmalek MERABET (ALG) (67kg) and Bachir SID AZARA (ALG) (87kg) closed out the day with silver-medal finishes. Egypt won three golds and finished third place in the team race. Haithem MAHMOUD (EGY), Mohamed METWALLY (EGY) and Abdellatif MOHAMED (EGY) were crowned champions at 60kg, 87kg and 130kg, respectively. Women's wrestling Rio Olympic bronze medalist Marwa AMRI (TUN) assisted her country in winning three gold medals and a silver and grabbed the team title 45 points ahead of second-place , who earned three women’s wrestling Olympic berths on the day. Sarra HAMDI (TUN), Siwar BOUSETA (TUN) and Amri won golds at 50kg, 57kg and 62kg, while Zaineb SGHAIER (TUN) won silver at 76kg. Cameroon’s Joseph ESSOMBE TIAKO (CMR) stole the show on Saturday night en route to winning the 53kg gold medal. The now-two-time Olympian obliterated her three competitors – scoring back-to-back falls before capturing the crown with a 53-second technical superiority win over Rckaela AQUINO (GUM) in the finals. Other gold medals in women's wrestling went to Blessing OBORUDUDU (NGR) and Samar HAMZA (EGY).

Freestyle Freestyle Six countries combined to secure the 12 Olympic berths in freestyle that were on the line on the final day of the African and Oceania Olympic Qualifier on Sunday. Algeria led the way by capturing four quotas while Egypt, Tunisia and Guinea-Bissau claimed two each. and Nigeria also registered their names by claiming a berth each for the Tokyo Olympics. Egypt edged host nation Tunisia for the freestyle team title despite both countries having 105 points. The former had two gold medal finishes compared to the one of Tunisia. Amr HUSSEN (EGY) led his country's charge as he defeated three-time Olympian Augusto MIDANA (GBS), 10-0, in the 74kg final. Another gold medal for Egypt was earned by Rio Olympian and African champion at 125kg Diaaeldin Kamal Gouda ABDELMOTTALEB in the Nordic style bracket. At 57kg, 19-year-old Diamantino IUNA FAFE (GBS) stole the show as he claimed the gold medal in stunning fashion by pinning two-time African champion Abdelhak KHERBACHE (ALG) in just 57 seconds. Tunisia also had two finalists but managed to claim only one gold. Rio Olympian Mohamed SAADAOUI (TUN) won the 97kg gold after Mohammed FARDJ (ALG) pulled out midway with an injury. Adama DIATTA (SEN), who is now a three-time Olympian, claimed the lone spot for his country by edging Haithem DAKHLAOUI (TUN) to win gold at 65kg. At 86kg, Ekerekeme AGIOMOR (NGR) could not have scripted a better finish for himself. Fateh BENFERDJALLAH (ALG) surprised Agiomor with a five- point throw after starting with a single attack. Trailing 6-5 in the final 10 seconds of the bout, the Nigerian got an exposure over the Algerian to claim the gold medal. RESULTS Greco-Roman 60kg GOLD - Haithem MAHMOUD (EGY) df. Abdelkarim FERGAT (ALG), 10-3 BRONZE - Fouad FAJARI (MAR) df. Mehdi JOUINI (TUN), 8-0 67kg GOLD - Souleymen NASR (TUN) SILVER - Abdelmalek MERABET (ALG) BRONZE - Gert COETZEE (RSA) 77kg GOLD - Lamjed MAAFI (TUN) df. Zied AIT OUAGRAM (MAR), 3-3 BRONZE - Wael ABDELRAHMAN (EGY) df. Abd Elkrim OUAKALI (ALG), 8-4 87kg GOLD - Mohamed METWALLY (EGY) df. Bachir SID AZARA (ALG), via injury default BRONZE - Mohamed MISSAOUI (TUN) df. Edward LESSING (RSA), via fall 97kg GOLD - Adem BOUDJEMLINE (ALG) SILVER - Haikel ACHOURI (TUN) BRONZE - Mohamed Ali Elsayed GABR (EGY) 130kg GOLD - Abdellatif MOHAMED (EGY) SILVER - Amine GUENNICHI (TUN) BRONZE - Hichem KOUCHIT (ALG) Women's wrestling 50kg GOLD – Sarra HAMDI (TUN) SILVER – SAdijat Avorshai IDRIS (NGR) BRONZE – Nada MOHAMED (EGY) 53kg GOLD – Joseph ESSOMBE (CMR) df. Rckaela AQUINO (GUM), 10-0 BRONZE – Siwar LOUATI BEN ALI (TUN) df. Elisa RASOANANTENAINA (MAD), via fall BRONZE – Bose SAMUEL (NGR) df. Lamia CHEMLAL (ALG), 10-0 57kg GOLD – Siwar BOUSETA (TUN) df. Fatoumata CAMARA (GUI), 9-3 BRONZE – Rayane HOUFAF (ALG) df. Eman EBRAHIM (EGY), via inj. def. 62kg GOLD – Marwa AMRI (TUN) SILVER – Aminat ADENIYI (NGR) BRONZE – Berthe ETANE NGOLLE (CMR) 68kg GOLD – Blessing OBORUDUDU (NGR) SILVER – Enas AHMED (EGY) BRONZE – Khadija JLASSI (TUN) 76kg GOLD – Samar HAMZA (EGY) SILVER – Zaineb SGHAIER (TUN) BRONZE – Amy YOUIN (CIV) Freestyle 57kg GOLD: Diamantino IUNA FAFE (GBS) df Abdelhak KHERBACHE (ALG), via fall BRONZE: Kossai AJIMI (TUN) df Junjun ASEBIAS (FSM), 2-0 BRONZE: Chakir ANSARI (MAR) df Gamal Abdelnaser Hanafy MOHAMED (EGY), 16-14 65kg GOLD: Adama DIATTA (SEN) df Haithem DAKHLAOUI (TUN), 1-1 BRONZE: Reynhardt LOUW (RSA) df Aime Mbolalalaina Joel RAKOTONIAINA (MAD), 11-0 BRONZE: Fathi Tarek Fathi Attia ISMAIL (EGY) df Mostafa REZAEIFAR (AUS), 10-4 BRONZE: Fathi Tarek Fathi Attia ISMAIL (EGY) df Mostafa REZAEIFAR (AUS), 10-4 74kg GOLD: Amr Reda Ramadan HUSSEN (EGY) df Augusto MIDANA (GBS), 10-0 BRONZE: Ayoub BARRAJ (TUN) df Ishak BOUKHORS (ALG), via fall BRONZE: Ogbonna Emmanuel JOHN (NGR) df Elias Lauofo VAOIFI (ASA), 6-2 86kg GOLD: Ekerekeme AGIOMOR (NGR) df Fateh BENFERDJALLAH (ALG), 7-6 BRONZE: Khaled Masoud Ismail ELMOATAMADAWI (EGY) df Bedopassa Buassat DJONDE (GBS), 7-0 BRONZE: Maher GHANMI (TUN) df Jayden Alexander LAWRENCE (AUS), 10-0 97kg GOLD: Mohamed SAADAOUI (TUN) df Mohammed FARDJ (ALG), via VIN BRONZE: Martin ERASMUS (RSA) df Soso TAMARAU (NGR), via fall BRONZE: Hosam Mohamed Mostafa MERGHANY (EGY) df Thomas John Mcglinchey BARNS (AUS), 6-4 125kg GOLD: Diaaeldin Kamal Gouda ABDELMOTTALEB (EGY) SILVER: Djahid BERRAHAL (ALG) BRONZE: Abdelmoneim ADOULI (TUN) 4th: Johannes Jacobus KRIEL (RSA) is the international governing body of wrestling and is headquartered in Corsier-Sur-Vevey, Switzerland. To learn more about United World Wrestling and the activities of its 179 national federations, please visit: www.UnitedWorldWrestling.org, Instagram, Facebook or Twitter.

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