Egypt raises its tally to 32 medals in Mediterranean Games

Tamer Mohamed

ORAN, Algeria – After day seven at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Algeria’s Oran, Egypt raised its tally to 32 medals, including 7 gold, 10 silver and 15 bronze medals.

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

The 19th Mediterranean Games kicked off in Algeria’s Oran on Jun 25 and runs till July 5.

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

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

Boxer Yousry Hafez won the gold medal in the +91kg competitions.

Weightlifter Ahmed Abdel-Ghani snatched two silver medals in the 61kg competitions.

Israa Awais won the silver medal in the long jump in the athletics competitions.

The equestrian team won the silver medal in the team competitions.

Mohamed Taher Ziada, Mohamed Tareq Talaat, Mohamed al-Najjar and Mohamed Weam represented the Egyptian team.

Youmna Ayyad claimed the bronze medal in the women’s 54kg boxing competition.

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.

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.

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.