Malta wraps up GSSE with 13 gold medals

MALTA MEDALS
13 gold, 24 silver, 18 bronze

17.45 This marks the end of our coverage of the 2025 GSSE. We hope you’ve enjoyed following our reports throughout the week.

Stay tuned to our website in the coming days for more in-depth features and analysis from this remarkable week, including highlights from today’s closing events.

Thank you for being with us every step of the way.

17.43 Matthew Asciak and Francesca Curmi fought valiantly but ultimately fell short in the mixed doubles tennis final, losing in straight sets to Luxembourg.

Despite the defeat, their performance secured another silver medal for Malta, closing out the 2025 Games of the Small States of Europe on a high note.

With this result, Malta finishes the Games with a total of 55 medals, including 13 golds — the highest number of gold medals ever achieved by our nation in a GSSE edition held outside Malta.

In addition, this is Malta’s second-best overall medal tally in GSSE history, just behind the record set two years ago when we hosted the event on home soil.

The next edition will be hosted in Monaco, in two years.

17.03 Malta lose the first set 6-1 as Luxembourg move just one set away from clinching gold in this final GSSE event of this edition.

16.54 We are back! The Tennis mixed doubles final is underway with Malta losing 3-0 in the first set against Luxembourg.

15.45 We are hearing that the Tennis final will start at 4.30pm.

We will keep updating you as soon as we have further updates about this important match.

15.22 At this point, the only event left is the Tennis mixed final where Malta’s Matthew Asciak and Francesca Curmi will vie for gold against Luxembourg.

We will bring you updates from the match, expected to start soon.

15.05 BRONZE! The Malta men’s Road Race team managed to win a bronze in Cycling Road as they pipped Liechtenstein to third place by just a .01ms.

15.01 SILVER! Nick Bonnet, Isaac Bonnici, Jared Micallef and Matthew Galea Soler came agonisingly close to secure gold, but for just .01ms they will have to settle for a silver medal in the 4x400m relay.

A brilliant effort by the Maltese quartet to land Malta its 22nd silver medal of the Games.

14.43 Rebecca Sare’, the silver medalist in the Triple Jump.

14.40 Here’s your 200m gold medal winner, Beppe Grillo!

14.35 The women’s team finished fifth in the 4x400m relay. The selection was formed by Zaida Pace, Martha Spiteri, Josefa Micallef and Janet Richard.

14.05 SILVER! The men’s team also finished second in the 4x100m with the Maltese team formed by Kurt Zahra, Beppe Grillo, Luke Bezzina and Matthew Galea Soler.

13.55 SILVER! The women’s team delivered a silver medal in the 4x100m relay with the quartet former by Claire Azzopardi, Janet Richard, Thea Parnis Coleiro and Alessia Cristina.

13.36 GOLD MEDAL ALERT! Ana Culic and Thea Grima Buttigieg deliver Malta its 13th gold, topping their Artistic Swimming event.

13.21 SILVER! Rebecca Sare’ set the second best mark in the Triple Jump event and earn Malta its 20th silver medal in this GSSE edition!

13.02 In a powerful display of sportsmanship, Iceland’s Iris Skúladóttir found herself on her knees, struggling to finish the final stretch of the 5km race. Just as the finish line seemed out of reach, Andorra’s Aina Bons stopped, reached out, and gently grabbed her by the shoulders—helping her across the line.

It was a simple gesture, yet one that captured the very essence of sport: unity, respect, and compassion beyond competition.

Moments like these remind us why we love sport—not just for the thrill of victory, but for the humanity it reveals.

12.57 SILVER! McNamara manages to kick a gear in the final part of the 5k race to secure another Athletics medal for Malta.

12.55 The 5,000m women’s final going on right now with Gina McNamara of Malta in contention for a silver medal. Meanwhile, Malta’s Jemima Farley has retired from the race.

12.28 GOLD! Beppe Grillo glides through his 200m race to deliver the 12th gold medal for Malta in this GSSE edition.

His time was 21.21s, just 0.03ms away from his personal best.

12.18pm A brave effort by Thea Parnis Coleiro, just missing out on a medal in the 200m final as she finished fourth.

She crossed the finish line in 24.68s.

12.08pm In the men’s triple jump Ian Paul Grech and James Armani both missed out on a medal. Grech finished fourth with a best jump of 14.52 metres… 14 centimetres short of a bronze medal. Armani was fifth in 14.36.

12.00pm The first race of the day is the cycling road race which is being held around the streets of La Vella.

The women’s race has already been completed and Team Malta missed out on medals but the official results have yet to be published by the organisers.

The men’s race is under way as it started at 11.30am.

11.45 MORE MEDALS FOR TEAM MALTA? Zea Montfort and Thea Grima Buttigieg have delivered more medals for Malta in the artistic swimming after placing second and third in the solo free competition.

Montfort took the silver medal after totalling 172.9675 to finish behind gold medal winner Jasmine Verbena, of San Marino.

Grima Buttigieg placed third in 138.7475.

The result is still unofficial, and we are awaiting official confirmation given the drama in the Duet Technical Routine on Friday night.

11.40 Good morning and welcome to our daily blog on the 2025 GSSE. Today we woke up to the fantastic news that Ana Culic and Thea Grima Buttigieg were promoted to the gold medal position in the artistic swimming Duet Technical routine after their protest was upheld.

You can read all the details on this ruling here.

That outcome handed Malta its 11th gold medal of these Games and there are expectations of some more medals until the end of competition today.

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