Kilia Nammour wins gold in the Gymnastics World Cup… and the president congratulates her – New Algeria

I was crowned Algerian gymnast, Kilia Nammour, won the gold medal in the unparallel bars discipline, yesterday evening, Saturday, during the 2024 World Cup stage, which is currently being held in the German city of Cottbus.

This coronation came thanks to Kilia Namur (17 years old) obtaining the highest score of 15,433 points at a difficulty level of 7, ahead of the second place holder, Belarusian Alina Tsitavets, who obtained 14,100 points, while Belgian Maile Brassard finished third. With a total of 13,700 points.

Kilia Nammour received congratulations from the President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, after winning the gold medal.

The President of the Republic said, in a post on the “EX” social media platform: “A renewed brilliance of Algeria’s talent Kilia Nemmour in the World Gymnastics Cup in Germany is a well-deserved and well-deserved gold medal.” We will continue to support you and support you in all your wonderful journey.”

It also passed The best Algerian athlete For the year 2023, the qualification threshold is on two other apparatuses, which are the balance beam and the floor.

On the balance beam, the apparatus that is considered her second strength behind the poles, Kilia Nammour once again performed strongly, obtaining a score of 14.133 (6.0 in difficulty, 8.133 in execution), which placed her in second place, behind China’s Yaqin Zhou (14.533), vice champion. The world is on the apparatus. On the floor, the Algerian woman got 12.833, which secured her sixth place in the qualifications, which is enough to qualify for the final.

The balance beam finals will be held today, Sunday, starting at 14:05, and the floor finals starting at 15:06, Algeria time.

Kelia Nammour caught the attention by winning a silver medal in the World Gymnastics Championships that took place in the Belgian city of Anvers last October, which allowed her to obtain a qualifying visa for the 2024 Paris Olympics. She also won a gold medal in the African Championships last May in the political capital of South Africa. Africa “Pretoria”.

Nemour, 17 years old, was active in the French national team, before she changed her sporting nationality to Algerian in May 2023, just a few days before the African Championship.