MALTA MEDALS
9 gold, 14 silver, 12 bronze
20.45 THAT’S ALL FOR TODAY! Malta ends day three with more medals as the tally grows to 35 including 9 gold, a record in a GSSE edition hosted outside of the Maltese islands.
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20.35 SILVER! Malta wraps up day three of the GSSE with a silver medal won by Matthew Galea Soler in the 400m men’s race, crossing the finish line in 47.09s.
20.03 In the 5,000m men’s race, Simon Spiteri and Luke Micallef placed outside the medals spots.
19.50 In Table Tennis, a third straight win for the Malta men’s team as they beat Iceland 3-0 to move into the semi-finals.
19.45 SILVER! Jared Micallef crossed the finish line in second place in the 1,500m race as Malta secure another medal in Athletics.
19.30 SILVER AND BRONZE! Gina McNamara and Mireya Bugeja placed second and third in the 1,500m race to add a couple more medals to the Maltese team.
19.08 BRONZE! Ian Paul Grech has finished third in his long jump event, with his best mark being 6.79m.
19.01 Meanwhile, Beppe Grillo dominated his 200m heat, finishing first in 21.30s.
18.52 Thea Parnis Coleiro finished second in her 200m heat, clocking a time of 24.32s.
18.30 Unfortunately for Salnitro, the Maltese athlete did not finish his heat after stumbling into a hurdle during his race.
18.24 In Athletics, Jordan Pace managed to set a new national record in the 400m hurdles, despite finishing fourth in his heat.
He clocked his race in 54.53s with the previous record being 54.66 set a few weeks by Benjamin Salnitro, who is in action now in the second heat.
18.18 BRONZE MEDAL! Michela Portelli earned a bronze in the 100m butterfly race, with a time of 1:04.31. In the same final, Nirvana Micallef finished sixth.
18.11 Meanwhile, this evening’s second session of athletics is underway with Zaida Pace kicking Malta in action as she finished fourth in her 400m hurdles heat.
18.10 In the women’s 100m backstroke, Victoria Balderacchi placed fourth in 1:05.90.
18.05 In the men’s 400m freestyle race, Andrei Enache placed sixth in 4:07.07.
17.55 GOLD NUMBER 9! IT’S A RECORD! Swimmer Sasha Gatt managed to finish first with a remarkable comeback in her final part of the 400m freestyle (in 4:17.52), winning her second gold, third medal overall but in addition, providing Malta a ninth gold medal.
This means that Malta has now set a new record of gold medals in a GSSE edition hosted outside our shores.
17.50 In Table Tennis, the Malta women’s team advanced to the semi-finals after beating both Cyprus and Montenegro in their group stage. The final four and gold medal showdown are pencilled for tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the men’s selection defeated Montenegro and Cyprus, and will face Iceland very soon as they are also on the brink to secure a final four spot.
17.40 In the Mountain Bike event, the Maltese riders found the going tough.
Luke Borg, Clyve Chetcuti, and Mark Bonnici struggled to push themselves in contention against a world-class field that featured riders who featured in the Olympics last summer.
All three Maltese riders failed to finish the race as they were lapped by the race pace-setters with Liechtenstein’s Roman Puentener, who last summer raced for his country at the Paris Olympics, taking gold in 1:24:18 ahead of Cypriot Andreas Miltiadis (1:25:29) and Liechtenstein’s Felix Sprenger (1:26.01).
17.35 Right now, we are following the action from Swimming with Malta missing out on medals in the first two finals, ending fourth in both races. More races to follow soon.
17.33 Still Tennis, with Francesca Curmi and Elaine Genovese progressing to the final of the women’s doubles tournament.
The defending champions defeated Andorra’s pair 6-2 6-4 as they have now secured at least a silver medal.
They will face either Luxembourg or Cyprus in the final.
17.18 We start with Tennis, and Alex de Gabriele is through to the semi-finals of the men’s singles competition after a solid 7-6, 6-2 victory over Luxembourg player Raphael Calzi.
In tomorrow’s semi-final, he will face Monaco’s Valentin Vacherot. Nine days ago, Vacherot was eliminated in the French Open qualifications after losing to Georgia’s Nikoloz Basilashvili in two sets.
Meanwhile, Liam Delicata lost to Andreas Timini of Cyprus in two sets.
17.15 Good afternoon from Andorra, when day three comes to life for the Maltese athletes as our nation will be competing in Tennis, Swimming, Table Tennis and Athletics in the next four hours.
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