The Malta Independent 26 April 2024, Friday
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GSSE 2023: Malta continues to add up to record medal tally

Saturday, 3 June 2023, 06:37 Last update: about 12 months ago

Malta continued to add more medals to its already record tally on Friday, with gold medals in tennis, squash and swimming.

In tennis, Francesca Curmi and Elaine Genovese secured gold in the women’s doubles final at the Marsa Sports Club versus Luxemburg.

Matija Pecotic later won Malta’s first men’s singles gold medal against Monaco’s Lucas Catarina.

In the men’s rugby 7s, Malta beat San Marino 40-0 to win the silver medal.

In swimming, Georgia Bohl won Malta’s 23rd gold medal, in the 50m breaststroke final with a time of 32:04.

In squash, Sisters Colette and Lijana Sultana placed first in the all-Malta final against Johanna Rizzo and Amake Fischer.

Bradley Hindle Deguara and Kijan Sultana completed a double victory in the doubles competition in squash after beating compatriots Niall Engerer and Daniel Zammit Lewis 2-0 with an identical score of 11-9.

Malta has now won 25 gold medals, 18 silver and 18 bronze.

 

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