Moroccan athlete Abdeslam Hili handed Morocco the first gold medal in the Paralympic Games, currently held in Tokyo, achieving first place in the 400m T12 “visually impaired” category.
The 24 years old Abdeslam Hili took over the race, as he completed with a time of 47.59 seconds, breaking his own world record for this distance. The silver medal was given to the American Noah Malone, who won the second place with a time of 47.93, while Tunisian Roua Jabali came in third place claiming bronze medal at the Olympic Stadium with a time of 48.93.
Mahdi Afri, another Moroccan who had won silver in the 400m T12 at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, finished fourth with a time of 48.93 seconds.
Morocco participated in the Tokyo Olympics with a sports delegation consisting of 38 athletes, consisting of 19 male and female runners in athletics, 3 in powerlifting, 2 in wheelchair tennis, 1 cyclist in cycling, 3 in parataekwondo, and 10 in five-a-side football.
The Moroccan delegation participating in these games is the largest in the history of its participation
The Paralympic Games are the second largest international multi sport event currently held in Tokyo.
Those competitions are divided into 10 types of disabilities, which are generally divided into three categories physical disability, visual impairment and intellectual disability.
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