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Kaylia Nemour wins Algeria’s first gymnastics gold at Paris Olympics 2024

Algeria's Kaylia Nemour celebrates winning the Olympic gold medal at the end of the artistic gymnastics women's uneven bars final at the Bercy Arena in Paris, France [Lionel Bonaventure/AFP]

Algerian teenager Kaylia Nemour wept tears of joy as she became the first African athlete to win an Olympic gymnastics medal with gold on the uneven bars in Paris, outshining several big names in the competition and registering her country’s first medal at the 2024 Olympic Games.

The 17-year-old French-born athlete’s breathtaking routine wowed the crowd in at the Bercy Arena on Sunday and helped her bag the title ahead of China’s Qiu Qiyuan, with Team USA’s Sunisa Lee snatching bronze. Defending Olympic uneven bars champion Nina Derwael of Belgium finished fourth.

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