{"id":29321,"date":"2025-11-30T23:12:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T22:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=29321"},"modified":"2025-11-30T23:12:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T22:12:36","slug":"algerian-canoe-kayak-team-shines-in-luanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=29321","title":{"rendered":"Algerian Canoe Kayak Team Shines in Luanda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Luanda, Angola<\/strong> &#8211; The Algerian national canoe kayak team is making waves at the African Championships in Luanda, Angola. The team has secured a remarkable six new medals on the second day of competition, bringing their total to nine in just two days.<\/p>\n<p>The medal haul includes four gold, one silver, and one bronze, showcasing Algeria&#8217;s dominance in the sport. <em>Aya Ferfar<\/em> has been a standout performer, clinching gold in the Women&#8217;s K1 500m Under-23 category. She later teamed up with Anfal Larbi to win another gold in the Women&#8217;s K2 500m senior category.<\/p>\n<p>In the men&#8217;s events, the duo of Walid Garaff and Wassim Bougazzoula secured gold in the Men&#8217;s K2 500m junior category. Ayoub Haidra and Abdelhamid Djellouli added another gold in the Men&#8217;s K2 500m senior category. Walid Taachache and Mohamed Merzougui claimed silver in the Men&#8217;s C2 500m senior category. Aya Ferfar also added a bronze medal in the Women&#8217;s K1 500m senior category.<\/p>\n<p>The overall medal count for Algeria now stands at five gold, two silver, and two bronze. The team&#8217;s success builds upon their initial performance, which included a gold medal for Wassim Bougazzoula in the Men&#8217;s K1 1000m junior category, a silver for Walid Taachache in the Men&#8217;s C1 1000m, and a bronze for Riad Ben Touati in the Men&#8217;s K1 1000m Under-23 category.<\/p>\n<p>The competition continues tomorrow, with the ten-member Algerian team, comprised of junior, under-23, and senior athletes, aiming to add to their medal tally. This event serves as a crucial preparation stage for the international competitions in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>As an official event of both the International Canoe Federation and the African Canoe Federation, this championship provides a vital platform for African teams to test their mettle ahead of major international competitions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=1\">More Algeria articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luanda, Angola &#8211; The Algerian national canoe kayak team is making waves at the African Championships in Luanda, Angola. The team has secured a remarkable six new medals on the second day of competition, bringing their total to nine in just two days.The medal haul includes &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29321"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29323,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29321\/revisions\/29323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}