Paralympic Games (400 m/T46-47): Morocco's Ayoub Sadni Wins Gold Medal, Third for Morocco

04 September 2021 Printable Version

Tokyo - The Moroccan Ayoub Sadni won, Saturday, the gold medal of the 400 m (class T46-47), as part of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

He beat the world record with a time of 47 sec 38/100.

Sadni, who offers to the Kingdom its 3rd gold medal, was the fastest of the race, ahead of the Brazilians Thomas Ruan de Moraes (47 sec 87/100) and Petrucio Ferreira Dos Santos (48 sec 04/100).

Morocco now has ten medals, after the gold of Abdeslam Hili, Zakariae Derhem and Ayoub Sadni, the silver of Fouzia El Kassioui, Yousra Karim, Mohamed Amguoun and Azeddine Nouiri, and the bronze of Hayat El Garaa, Saida Amoudi and the national team of blind soccer.