(SPO) TURKEY RANKED 2ND WITH 17 MEDALS ON SECOND DAY OF MEDITERRANEAN GAMES.PESCARA, Jun 28, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- Turkey was ranked the 2nd with 17 medals on the second day of the 16th Mediterranean Games The Mediterranean Games are a multi-sport games held every four years for nations bordering the Mediterranean Sea. The idea was proposed at the 1948 Summer Olympics by Muhammed Taher Pasha, chairman of the Egyptian Olympic Committee, and they were first held in 1951. in Pescara, Italy on Saturday. Turkey has won 8 gold, 2 silver and 7 bronze medals during the games so far. Serkan Ozden and Riza Kayaalp of Turkey won gold medals in the men's 96 kg and 120 kg Greco-Roman wrestling Greco-Roman wrestling Style of wrestling that prohibits the legs from being used to obtain a fall and in which no holds may be taken below the waist. It originated in France in the early 19th century in imitation of Classical Greek and Roman representations of the sport. , respectively. Dilek Atakol won silver medal in the women's 51 kg Greco-Roman wrestling in the games. In the women's 58 kg weightlifting, Aylin Dasdelen won one gold and one bronze medals. The 16th Mediterranean Games will end on July 5. (E) (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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