(SPO) TURKEY WINS TWO GOLD IN MEDITERRANEAN GAMES.PESCARA, Jun 27, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- Turkey won two gold medals in the 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. on Friday. One Turkish weightlifter won gold medals in snatch snatch removal of a newborn animal from the dam before it has an opportunity to suck. The objective is to rear it independently and free of colostrum-borne infection or of colostral antibodies. and clean and jerk in the 16th Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy. Erol Bilgin of Turkey, competing in 62 kilograms, became gold medalist in both categories. Bilgin also broke the new Mediterranean Games record in snatch by lifting 138 kilograms. The 16th edition of the Mediterranean Games began in Pescara, Italy on June 25 with participation of 23 countries, and will end on July 5. (BRC-CE) (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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