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Mediterranean Games: Athletics, sailing, and handball

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The Mediterranean Games in Taranto continue to see diverse medal outcomes across athletics, sailing, rowing, tennis, and handball. In athletics, recent performances have highlighted success for Slovenia, Croatia, and Montenegro. Slovenian discus thrower Kristjan Čeh won gold with a games record throw of 68.70m, while the Slovenian team also earned a bronze in the men’s 4x100m relay. Croatia maintains a strong presence in athletics: Nina Vuković won gold in the women’s 800m, Marino Bloudek earned bronze in the men’s 800m, Filip Pravdica secured silver in the long jump, and Matija Gregurić took bronze in the hammer throw. Montenegro’s Marija Vuković secured gold in the women’s high jump with a leap of 1.94m. In rowing, Greece’s Evangelia Anastasiadou won gold in the women’s single sculls, finishing ahead of Serbia’s Jovana Arsić, who took silver, and Slovenia’s Nina Kostanjšek, who earned bronze. Recent developments include a historic achievement for the Greece men’s national handball team, which secured its first-ever podium finish at the competition by winning a silver medal. Greece narrowly lost the final to Egypt with a score of 31-29, despite a late push led by Stathis, who scored eight goals. Cyprus has also ~~seen significant success~~ reached a historic milestone, finishing 11th in ~~athletics,~~ the overall standings with 18 medals, including 7 golds. Notable successes for Cyprus include Marios Georgiou in artistic gymnastics, Kalia Antoniou in swimming, Filippa Fotopoulou ~~securing gold~~ in ~~the women’s~~ long jump, ~~while Elena Kulicenko~~ Iosif Kesidis in hammer throw, and ~~Milan Trajkovic earned silver medals.~~ Sofia Asvesta in judo. In tennis, Martha Matoula and Eleni Korokozidi secured gold in the women’s doubles. Other Greek successes include silver medals for Christos Fratzeskakis in shot put, Poloniki Emmanouilidou in the 100m, and weightlifter Maria Stratoudaki, who earned two silver medals in the 53kg category. Greece currently ranks third in the standings with 17 gold, 16 silver, and 14 bronze medals, trailing Italy and Turkey. In karate, Bosnia’s Nejra Sipović won bronze in the women’s 55kg kumite, and Kosovo’s Islam Selmani reached the 60kg final.

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