Sat. Sep 7th, 2024

On Tuesday, the Moroccan National Olympic Committee announced a list of 60 athletes who will represent the Kingdom in the 2024 Paris Olympics, where they will participate in 19 sports to defend the national colors.

The committee said in a statement that the sports in which Morocco will participate include athletics, football, boxing, rowing, beach volleyball, cycling, golf, judo, wrestling, swimming, and equestrianism.

Morocco is betting on a number of its champions to achieve distinguished results, most notably Sofiane El Bakkali, who won the gold medal in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the previous Olympics, and Fatima Zahraa Kirdadi, who became the first Moroccan and Arab woman to win a bronze medal in the marathon race at the World Championships in Budapest. .

The Moroccan national football team also includes prominent professionals, such as Achraf Hakimi, a player for Paris Saint-Germain, which increases the hopes of Moroccan fans to achieve an outstanding performance in the Olympics.

The Paris Olympics will begin on July 26 and continue until August 11, as Moroccan athletes strive to provide outstanding performance and raise the Moroccan flag high in this global sporting event.

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