AA/Alger/Aksil Ouali
The Mediterranean Games of Oran 2022 are dominated head and shoulders by Türkiye which remains largely at the top of the classification, five days before the end of the edition, scheduled for the current July 6.
For this Friday, the sixth day of the competition, the Turkish athletes won 24 new medals, including 12 gold won, particularly in the disciplines of boxing, weightlifting and judo.
Türkiye now has 73 medals (33 gold, 16 silver and 23 bronze). With this score, albeit provisional, it takes a significant lead over its pursuers, or rather its main rival, Italy, which has won the most medals so far (78).
Second in the standings, this country won 22 gold, 31 silver and 25 bronze medals. Italy is 10 gold behind Turkey. After a meager harvest during the three previous days, the organizing country, Algeria, greatly benefited from this day by winning, thanks to the performance of its boxers and boxers, 34 medals, including 15 in gold, 9 in silver and 10 in bronze.
Algeria thus beat its record for medals at the Mediterranean Games, which was 27 medals (edition organized in Tunisia). And she is still waiting for new medals, especially in athletics where the country hopes to win more titles.
This sixth day benefited Spain, which moved up to 4th place with 38 medals, including 10 gold, 13 silver and 15 bronze. It outclasses Serbia, 5th, with 20 medals, including 9 gold, 4 silver and 7 bronze.
France, which won 46 medals, 8 gold, 14 silver and 24 bronze, ranks 6th, ahead of Egypt (7th) with 32 medals, including 7 gold, 10 silver and 15 bronze. .
Tunisia also performed well by moving up to eighth place with 21 medals, including 3 gold, 7 silver and 11 bronze. It is ahead of Croatia, 9th, with 13 medals, including 3 gold, 4 silver and 6 bronze.
In 12th place, Morocco increased its medal capital to 23, including 2 gold, 6 silver and 15 bronze.
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