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3rd African Youth Games kick off in Algeria

ALGIERS, July 18 (KUNA) -- The 3rd African Youth Games kick-started on Wednesday in Algeria, with the participation of 3300 athletes from 54 countries.
An inauguration ceremony was held at the Olympic stadium in the capital, Algiers, and some members of the Algerian government, sports officials and African diplomats were present at the event.
The tourney includes 30 different games like taekwondo, shooting, athletics, hockey, beach handball, rowing, rugby and others. Today, shooting, taekwondo and judo competitions were held.
Competitors are eying better results to qualify for the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympics due in October. (end) mr.hm