Morocco to host 2004 African wrestling championships

Morocco will host the African championships of Greco-Roman, All-in, and feminine wrestling.

The African wrestling confederation made the decision at the meeting here Monday of its council, on the sidelines of the 22nd continental championships.

The event's agenda for the next two years and means to promote the discipline in Africa were examined at the meeting, head of the confederation, Morocco's Mohammed Ben Zouhair, told MAP.

Moroccan wrestlers, Rajaa Rajib (48kg) and Ali Belkouchairi (66 kg), had won respectively a silver and a gold medal at the second African championship.