Algeria wins 40 medals at the Mediterranean Games in Taranto
Algeria finished ninth at the Mediterranean Games with 40 medals, including 13 gold. It is the country's best result at Games held outside Algeria.
The medal count
The Games ran from 21 August to 3 September. Algeria sent 248 athletes in 27 sports and won 13 gold, 8 silver and 19 bronze medals. At the home Games in Oran in 2022 Algeria won 53 medals and finished fourth.
The main results
Taranto brought Algeria's first medals in gymnastics and rowing, and gymnast Kaylia Nemour was the most-medalled athlete of the Games. Gold medallists included Djamel Sedjati, who kept his 800 metres title, the men's 4x400 metres relay, and wrestler Abdelkarim Fergat, who won Algeria's first gold of the Games.
The under-21 football team won the tournament without losing a match, Algeria's first football title at the Games in 51 years. A bronze medal in wrestling took Algeria past 300 medals in the history of the Games.
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