Egypt raises its tally to 27 medals in Mediterranean Games

Tamer Mohamed

ORAN, Algeria – Egypt raised its tally to 27 medals, including 6 gold, 6 silver and 15 bronze medals after day two at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Algeria’s Oran.

The medals have pushed the country to seventh in medals table behind leaders Turkey, Italy, Algeria, Serbia, Spain and France.

The medals of the Egyptian mission on Thursday were as follows:

Bassant Hemida claimed the women’s 100m gold in athletics competitions.

Mohamed Magdy won bronze medal in the shot put of the athletics competitions.

Omar Asr grabbed the men’s singles silver medal in table tennis competitions.

Boxer Omar el-Sayed won the bronze medal in the men’s 69kg competition after losing to the Montenegro champion in the semi-final match.

Boxer Youmna Ayyad snatched the bronze medal in the women’s 54 kg competition after losing to the Turkish champion in the semi-final match.

Doha Hani won the bronze medal at the women’s badminton singles competition.

12 medals, including 3 gold, 4 silver and 5 bronze medals

Egyptian women’s table tennis team won the gold medal after defeating Italy in the final.

karatekas Youssef Badawy took the gold medal in the competitions’ 84kg category after defeating his Serbian opponent in the final.

Star Feryal Ashraf grabbed the gold medal in the -68kg karate event after beating her Italian opponent in the final.

Greco-Roman wrestler Abdul Rahman Omar won a bronze medal in the competitions of 67kg category after defeating his Portuguese opponent.

Wrestler Noureddine Hassan claimed a bronze medal in the Greco-Roman competitions of 87kg category after defeating his Portuguese opponent.

Greco-Roman wrestler Haithem Fahmy got a bronze medal in the competitions of 60kg category stunning his Croatian opponent.

Wrestler Abdel Latif Manea won a silver medal in the Greco-Roman competitions of 130kg category stunning his Croatian opponent.

Abdullah Mamdouh grabbed the silver medal in the Karate competitions’ 75kg category.

The national Karate team earned two silver medals via Reem Ahmed and Ahlam Youssef, while Abdullah Mamdouh, Ahmed Ayman and Amr Alaa won the bronze ones.

Reem Ahmed snatched the silver medal in the Karate competitions’ 50kg category.

Ahlam Youssef claimed Egypt’s second silver medal in the Karate competitions -55kg category.

Abdullah Mamdouh grabbed the bronze medal in the Karate competitions’ -75kg category.

Ahmed Ayman won the bronze medal in the Karate competitions’ -67kg category.

Amr Alaa got the bronze medal in the Karate competitions’ -60kg category.

The 19th Mediterranean Games kicked off in Algeria’s Oran on Jun 25.

Up to 3,390 athletes from 26 Mediterranean countries are taking part in the games, with Egypt participating with 184 athletes in 19 sports.