Algeria-SANA
Yesterday, the attention of the Syrian sports audience was focused on the equestrian and athletics tracks and the boxing arena in the Algerian city of Oran, which hosts the nineteenth Mediterranean Games, in which sparkling medals shone on the chests of the Syrian athletes, the flag of the country was raised high and the most expensive anthem was played to prove the height of the Syrian sport in the continental forums.
The ambassadors of Syria, the athletes, did not agree to return home without having their fingerprints in the tournament. The seventh day of it was titled “Syrian Brilliance,” which was translated by our team for equestrian jumping by achieving the team gold medal through jockeys Shadi Gharib, Ahmed Hamsho, Laith Ali, Amr Hamsho, and the boxing team, which won the gold in the weight of 75 kg through Ahmed Ghosoun. And the athletics team that won the silver in the high jump through Majd El Din Ghazal.
The equestrian team was a difficult figure in the competitions, so it started the first half without mistakes to send a message to the competitors that its eye on gold and it had what it wanted after the end of the second half when it advanced over the teams of Turkey, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya and Monaco to confirm that our equestrian continues and its title is brilliance and achievement and this is the time The second in the history of the Mediterranean Games Our equestrian won a medal in the team competitions, where the first was the silver of the tenth session hosted by Lattakia in 1987.
And in his journey towards maintaining the gold in the 75-kg average, the champion Ahmed Ghosoun walked confidently towards the podium, edging out his Serbian rival Mimic in the first round, then France’s Vindor in the semi-finals, and finally Algerian Younes Nemouchi from the final round.
After advancing strong European competitors led by the Italian Marco, the Turkish Alpern, the Cypriot Vassilius and the French Nathan and Bastien, the Syrian national athletics player Majd Al-Din Ghazal managed to win the silver medal in the high jump competition after jumping to a height of 222 cm after successful attempts, recording 209 cm in the first and 219 cm in the second and 222 in the third.
It is noteworthy that the Syrian jockeys are on a date with a new achievement tomorrow, Sunday, in the individual competitions, and they are all determined and willed to increase the yield of medals to be added to the Syrian sports coffers, while our participation will conclude on Monday through the bronze medalist of the Tokyo Olympics, Maan Asaad.
Mohammed Al-Khater
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