Moroccan Achraf Elaidi snatched gold within the kayak (K1) 1000 m dash occasion, a part of the ninth African Canoe-Kayak Dash Championships at Lake Jabu within the Nigerian capital Abuja (November 21-27).
Because of this achievement, the Moroccan kayaker certified for the following Olympic Video games in Paris in 2024, becoming a member of his compatriot Mathis Soudi (Slalom/Kayak), who received the bronze medal on the world championships, held in London final September.
It must be recalled that Mathis Soudi (23) achieved his first main worldwide win by snatching bronze within the males’s race on the 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships on September 23.