Lifestyle
10.18.2019
This Moroccan has just won the 2019 Parkour Red Bull Art of Motion World Championship
He dominated the competition before becoming the best free-runner in the world, even though everyone in the discipline had entered the competition. Didi Alaoui, a 24-year-old Moroccan from Oujda, is now the world champion of the Red Bull Art of Motion 2019.
In the city of Matera, in southern Italy, he twirls like a bird, ignoring the laws of gravity as he ignored every obstacle on his way to the top. Originally from the northeast of Morocco, this parkour enthusiast had to redouble his hard work and inventiveness to get noticed. He trained “with the means at hand”, without a coach, without a gym, in the street or in the desert. On top of that, although he had managed to qualify via the internet for the 2014 edition of the competition, problems in obtaining a visa prevented him from displaying his talent in the eyes of the world.
The consecration
It was in 2016, when a Danish gym offered him a scholarship after seeing a video of his exploits online, that his life changed completely. He joined Europe and took on a new dimension, perfecting himself physically and technically. Today, he lives in Los Angeles where he worked as a coach until recently, before devoting himself fully to his training for the Red Bull Art of Motion 2019. Training that has borne fruit since the young Moroccan obtained the highest score, as well as the award for the “best trick”, thus becoming the new champion, a coronation that he can now enjoy, thinking about the rest of the story he wants to write…
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