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UPDATES ON MEDITERRANEAN GAMES TUNIS' 2001 2-15 September 2001 Last Update : Sept 15, 2001

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Soccer: Tunisia wins Gold Medal Rades, Sept 15 (tapex) The Tunisian "2001" soccer team won the gold medal of the 14th Mediterranean Games Tournament by beating their Italian counterparts 1/0 in the final played on Saturday in Rades November 7 Stadium. The goal was scored by Ali Zitouni (76th minute, on penalty kick). Men's Pole Vaulting Gold medal for Italian Andrea Giannini Tunis, Sept 15 (Tapex) Italian Andrea Giannini won the gold medal at men's Pole Vaulting (5 m 45) on Friday evening , as part of the 14th Mediterranean games Athletics 4th and last day events. Final standings : 1. Andrea Giannini (Ita) 5 M 45 Gold medal 2. Giuseppe Gibilisco (Ita) 5 M 40 Silver medal 3. Khalid Lachheb (Fra) 5 M 40 Bronze medal 4. Fotis Stefani (Cyp) 5 M 30 5. Filippos-Dimi Sgouros (Gre) 5 M 20 6. Bechir Zaghouani (Tun) 5 M 05 7. Jurij Rovan (Slo) 5 M 05 10 m Airgun Shooting final Gold medal for Egyptian Mohamed Abdallah Tunis, Sept, 15 (Tapex) Egyptian Mohamed Abdallah won the gold medal at the 10 m Airgun Shooting competition of the 14th Mediterranean games with a total of 698,9 points, at Friday's final. Greek Constantinos won the silver medal (697,5 poinst) and Spanish Luis Jose Martinez the bronze one (625,6 points). Water Polo Gold medal for Spain Tunis, Sept, 15 (Tapex) The Water Polo tournament of the Mediterranean games ended on Friday with Spain winning the gold medal after beating italy , silver medal 6/5. The bronze medal was awarded to France who beat Yugoslavia 6/4 at a ranking game. Final standings 1 - Spain Gold medal 2 - Italy Silver medal 3 - France Bronze medal 4 - Yugoslavia 5 - Croatia 6 - Slovenia 7 - Greece 8 - Tunisia 9 - Turkey Women's singles Gold medal for Croatia's Tamara Boros Tunis, Sept, 15 (Tapex) Croatian Tamara Boros won the gold medal of the Table Tennis tournament Women's singles at the 14th Mediterranean games after beating on Friday Italian Alessia Arisi 4-0. Final standings : 1. Tamara Boros (Cro) Gold medal 2. Alessia Arisi (Ita) Silver medal 3. Anne Sophie Gourin (Fra) Bronze medal Men's singles French Damien Eloi wins gold medal Tunis, Sept, 15 (Tapex) French Damien Eloi Won the gold medal of the table tennis tournament men's singles at the 14th Mediterranean games after beating on Friday at final Slovene Bojan Tokic 4-2. Final standings 1. Damien Eloi (Fra) Gold medal 2. Bojan Tokic (Slo) Silver medal 3. Slobodan Grujic (Yug) Bronze medal Judo / last day Tunisian Anis Lounifi wins gold medal Tunis, Sept, 15 (Tapex) Tunisian Anis Lounifi won the gold medal of the judo tournament under 60 kg category at the Mediterranean games after beating at final on Friday Ttalian Giovanni Carella. The silver and bronze medals of this category were won by Mmoroccan Charfi Abdelwahab El Idrissi and Spanish Roberto Cuito respectively. Men's Handball Gold medal for Croatia and silver one for Tunisia Tunis, Sept, 15 (Tapex) The Croatian team won the gold medal of the men's Handball tournament at the 14th Mediterranean games after beating at final on Friday their Tunisian counterpart 25/24 (halftime 12-9). Tunisia thus won the silver medal and the bronze medal was awarded to France who beat Spain 22/21 at a ranking game. Table Tennis - women's singles Bronze medal for French Anne Sophie Gourin Tunis, Sept. 14 (Tapex) French Table Tennis player Anne Sophie Gourin won women's singles bronze medal by beating Croatian Eldijana Aganovic 4/1 in a tunis-2001 Mediterranean games standing game. Men's 1,500 m Wheelchair final Gold medal for French Joel Jeannot and Tunisian Ahmed Aouadi wins bronze medal Tunis, Sept. 14 (Tapex) French Joel Jeannot won the 1,500 m Wheelchair gold medal during the finals of the Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games Athletics competition 4th day events, held this afternoon in Rades. Joel Jeannot covered the distance in 3 min 39.02 sec, ahead of his compatriot Claude Issorat (silver medal with 3 min 39.56 sec) and Tunisian Ahmed Aouadi (bronze medal with 3 min 40.37 sec). Tunisian Mohamed Farhat Belkhir ranked 4th with 3 min 40.54 sec. Final standings of men's 1,500 m Wheelchair events : 1. Joel Jeannot (France) 3'39''02 Gold medal 2. Claude Issorat (France) 3'39''56 Silver medal 3. Ahmed Aouadi (Tunisia) 3'40''37 Bronze medal 4. Mohamed Farhat Belkhir (Tunisia) 3'40''54 5. Roberto Brigo (Italy) 3'44''16 6. Roger Puigbo (Spain) 3'44''55 7. Marco Re Calegari (Italy) 3'46''15 8. Ayhan Metan (Turkey) 3'46''74 9. Walid Jaber (Egypt) 3'47''64 10. Sami Ekin (Turkey) 3'55''96 Men's doubles Yugoslav Karakasevic / Grujic win gold medal Tunis, Sept 14 (Tapex) Yugoslav Karakasevic / Grujic won the gold medal of the 14th Mediterranean games Table Tennis men's doubles after beating Spain's Torres / Carneros, 3/2, in the finals held Friday evening in Tunis. The bronze medal went to French Guentel / Eloi who beat Italians Piacentini / Yang in the standings game. Women's doubles Yugoslav Plavsic/Golic win gold medal Tunis, Sept 14 (Tapex) Yugoslav Pair Plavsic/Golic won a gold medal at the 14th Mediterranean games Table Tennis women's doubles tournament after beating Slovenians Dermatsija / Halas 3-2, in a final played this evening in Tunis. The bronze medal went to Croatian Vaida/Paovic who beat Italians Arisi / Negrisoli 3/1 in the standings game. Men's 1,500 m Wheelchair final Gold medal for French Joel Jeannot and Tunisian Ahmed Aouadi wins bronze medal Tunis, Sept. 14 (Tapex) French Joel Jeannot won the 1,500 m Wheelchair gold medal during the finals of the Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games Athletics competition 4th day events, held this afternoon in Rades. Joel Jeannot covered the distance in 3 min 39.02 sec, ahead of his compatriot Claude Issorat (silver medal with 3 min 39.56 sec) and Tunisian Ahmed Aouadi (bronze medal with 3 min 40.37 sec). Tunisian Mohamed Farhat Belkhir ranked 4th with 3 min 40.54 sec. Final standings of men's 1,500 m Wheelchair events : 1. Joel Jeannot (France) 3'39''02 Gold medal 2. Claude Issorat (France) 3'39''56 Silver medal 3. Ahmed Aouadi (Tunisia) 3'40''37 Bronze medal 4. Mohamed Farhat Belkhir (Tunisia) 3'40''54 5. Roberto Brigo (Italy) 3'44''16 6. Roger Puigbo (Spain) 3'44''55 7. Marco Re Calegari (Italy) 3'46''15 8. Ayhan Metan (Turkey) 3'46''74 9. Walid Jaber (Egypt) 3'47''64 10. Sami Ekin (Turkey) 3'55''96 Men's Judo-finals Tunisian Anis Lounifi wins gold medal Tunis, Sept 14 (Tapex) Tunisian Anis Lounifi won a gold medal at the 14th Mediterranean games men's Judo tournament (under 60 kg) after beating Italian Giovanni Carella in the final played Friday evening in Tunis. Air Rifle 10 m-finals Egyptian Mohamed Abdallah wins gold medal Tunis, Sept 14 (Tapex) Egyptian Mohamed Abdallah won a gold medal at the 14th Mediterranean games' men's Air Rifles 10 m after totalling 698,9 points in the finals held Friday in Tunis. Greek Constantinos won the silver medal (697.5 points) and Spanish Luis jose Martinez won the bronze one (625.6 points). Women's 800 m Wheelchair finals Italian Francesca Porcellato wins gold medal bronze medal for Tunisian Souad Chamsi Tunis, Sept. 14 (Tapex) Italian Francesca Porcellato won in Rades, the 800 m Wheelchair gold medal, as part of the Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games Ahtletics competition 3rd day events. Porcellato covered the distance in 2 min 24.21 sec, ahead of Moroccan Aicha Azizi (silver medal with 2 min 25.25 sec) and Tunisian Souad Chemsi (bronze medal with 2 min 39.08 sec). As to Tunisian Messaouda Sifi, she ranked 4th with 2 min 39.53 sec. Women' 800 m Wheelchair final standings : 1. Francesca Porcellato (Italy) 2'24''21 Gold medal 2. Aicha Azizi (Morocco) 2'25''25 Silver medal 3. Souad Chamsi (Tunisia) 2'39''08 Bronze medal 4. Messaouda Sifi (Tunisia) 2'39''53 5. Mirjana Runzjak (Croatia) 2'44''00 6. Maria Alcoba (Spain) 3'07''70 7. Antonella Munaro (Italy) 3'13''79 8. Sabah Issa (Egypt) 3'25''51 Sailing - men's mistral French Julien bomptemps wins gold medal Tunis, Sept 14 (Tapex) French Julien bomptemps won the gold medal of the 14th Mediterranean games' men's Sailing mistral event after totallying 11 points after the eleven stages held on September 6-14 in Sidi Bou Said. The silver medal went to Spanish Ivan Pastor Lafuente (39 points) and the bronze to French Alex Guayder (40 points). Men's Handball France win bronze medal Tunis, Sept 14 (Tapex) France's national team won a bronze medal at the 14th Mediterranean games' men's Handball tournament after beating Spain's 22/21 (9/12 at halftime) in a standings game played in El Menzah. Women's 1500 m Fatma Lanouar wins gold medal Tunis, Sept 14 (Tapex) Tunisian Fatma Lanouar won the gold medal of the 14th Mediterranean games' women's 1500 m event after covering the distance in 4 min,10,33 sec in an Athletics forth and last day game held in Rades. Turkish Ayhan Suryya won the silver medal (4 min 10, 69 sec) and compatriot Ebru Kakavaklioglu won the bronze one (4 min 12, 03 sec). Sailing - 470 (women) French petit Jean / Douroux win gold medal Tunis, Sept 14 (Tapex) French Ingrid Petit Jean and Nadege Douroux won the gold medal of the 14th Mediterranean games' women's 470 Sailing tournament after totalling 13 points after thirteen stages held on September 6-14 in Sidi Bou Said. The silver medal went to compatriots Anne Claire Le Berre/Marie Riou (20 points) and the bronze went to Greek Mylona Dimitra/Aliki Kourkoulou (22 points). Sailing / men's laser Italian Diego Negri wins gold medal Tunis, Sept. 14 (Tapex) Italian Diego Negri won gold medal of the 14th Mediterranean games men's Laser sailing tournament, with a total of 23 points at the end of the eleven rounds, held on september 6-14. the silver medal was awarded to Croatian Mate Arapov (25 points) and the bronze to Slovene Vasilij Zbogar (25 points). For their part Tunisian Kacem Ben Jjemia and Ali Taktak ranked 15th and 18th, respectively. Final genera standings : 1. Diego Negri (Ita) 23 Gold medal 2. Mate Arapov (Cro) 25 Silver medal 3. Vasilij Zbogar (Slo) 25 Bronze medal 4. Marin Misura (Cro) 36 5. Luis Martines Doreste (Spa) 42 6. Xavier Leclerc (Fra) 49 7. Ali Kemal Tufekci (Tur) 50 8. Evangelos Cheimonas (Gre) 52 9. Felix Pruvot (Fra) 79 10. Michele Regolo (Ita) 83 11. Kemal Muslubas (Tur) 83 12. Antonis Manolakis (Gre) 90 13. Mariano Sarmentio (Spa) 95 14. Constantinos Economides (Cyp) 109 15. Kacem Ben Jemia (Tun) 132 16. Mario Aquilina (Mal) 134 17. Tahar Selmane (Alg) 138 18. Ali Taktak (Tun) 146 19. Mohamed Ali Soukeur (Alg) 150 20. Adrian Cauci Borda (Mal) 160 Women's Laser Radial Sailing Results of 11th and last round Tunis, Sept. 14 (Tapex) Here are the results of the 14th Mediterranean games women's Laser Radial tournament in its 11th and last round : 1. Alicia Cebrian (Spa) 2. Malli Triautafilia (Gre) 3. Olga Papadoki (Gre) 4. Solenne Brain (Fra) 5. Chacha Atallah (Tun) 6. Myriam Meliani (Tun) Men's laser sailing Results of round 11 Tunis, Sept. 14 (Tapex) Here are the results of the 14th Mediterranean games men's Laser Sailing tournament, held here today. Results of round 11 : Men's laser 1. Constantinos Economides (Cyp) 2. Marin Misura (Cro) 3. Evangelos Cheimonas (Gre) 4. Luis Martines Doreste (Spa) 5. Tahar Selmane (Alg) 6. Xavier Leclerc (Fra) 7. Ali Kemal Tufekci (Tur) 8. Mohamed Ali Soukeur (Alg) 9. Mate Arapov (Cro) 10. Vasilij Zbogar (Slo) 11. Diego Negri (Ita) 12. Antonis Manolakis (Gre) 13. Michele Regolo (Ita) 14. Kemal Muslubas (Tur) 15. Felix Pruvot (Fra) 16. Mariano Sarmiento (Spa) 17. Ali Taktak (Tun) 18. Kacem Ben Jemia (Tun) 19. Mario Aquilina (Mal) 20. Adrian Cauci Borda (Mal) Water Polo Spain wins gold medal Tunis, Sept. 14 (Tapex) Spain won the gold medal of the Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games Water Polo tournament by beating Italy 6/5 in a final, played in the Rades-Based Olympic Swimming pool. Air Gun (10 m) / qualifiers Results for 2nd round Tunis, Sept. 14 (Tapex) Results for the 2nd round of the Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games Air Gun (10 ) shooting events : 2nd round 1. Mohamed Abdallah (Egypt) 595 2. Marco De Nicolo (Italy) 590 3. Marco Simic (Yugoslavia) 590 4. Fazlija Edin (Bosnia) 585 5. Luis Oscar Gutirrez (Spain) 585 6. Mufid Al Lawanah (Jordan) 562 7. Fethi Ghariani (Tunisia) 561 Table Tennis / men's singles : Damien Eloi (Fra) and Bojan Tokic (Slo) in final Tunis, Sept. 14 (Tapex) French Damien Eloi and Slovene Bojan Tokic qualified for the 14th Mediterranean games table Tennis men's singles tournament. Damien Eloi beat in the semi-finals, Yugoslav Slobodan Grujic (4-1), while Bojan Tokic beat the second Yugoslav taking part in the semi-finals, Aleksandar Karakasevic, (4-0). Results of semi-finals : Damien Eloi (Fra) beat Slobodan Grujic (Yug) 4-1 Bojan Tokic (Slo) beat Aleksandar Karakasevic (Yug) 4-0 Water Polo France win the bronze medal Tunis, Sept 14 (Tapex) France's Water Polo team won a bronze medal at the 14th Mediterranean games' Water Polo tournament after beating Yugoslavia's 6/4 in a standings game played Friday in Rades. Men's Handball - match for 5th place Yugoslavia rank 5th Tunis, sept 14 (Tapex) Yugoslavia's national Handball team reanked fifth at the 14th Mediterranean games men's Handball tournament after beating Slovenia's 33/26 (15/12 at halftime) in a standings game played Friday in Ariana. Table Tennis / women's singles Tamara Boros (Croatia) to play Alessia Arisi (Italy) in final Tunis, Sept. 13 (Tapex) Croatian Tamara Boros is to play Italian Alessia Arisi in a Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games table tennis tournament women's singles final. Tamara Boros and Italian Alessia Arisi beat, here this morning, French Anne Sophie Gourin 4/0 and Croatian Eldijana Aganovic 4/2, respectively in the semi-finals. Results of semi-finals : Tamara Boros (Croatia) beats Anne Sophie Gourin (France) 4/0 Alessia Arisi (Italy) beats Eldijana Aganovic (Croatia) 4/2 Rowing / Lightweight Skiff Italian Elia Luini won gold medal Tunis, Sept, 14 (Tapex) Italian Elia Luini won this morning the gold medal at the lightweight skiff rowing competition of the Mediterranean games in 3'22 ''38. Final standings 1. Elia Luini (Ita) 3'22''37 Gold medal 2. Frederic Dufour (Fra) 3'24''41 Silver medal 3. Blaz Kajdiz (Slo) 3'27''20 Bronze medal 4. Mourat Turkey (Tur) 3'30''85 5. Anis Jouini (Tun) 3'34''15 6. Carlos Loriente (Spa) 3'39''52 Rowing / men's pair Slovene pair Spik / Mizerit won gold medal Tunis, Sept, 14 (Tapex) Slovene pair Spik / Mizerita won the gold medal of the men's pair race at the Mediterranean games Rowing competition this morning in 3'01''73. Final standings 1. Luka Spik/Davor Mizerit (Slo) 3'01''73 Gold medal 2. Rossano Galtarossa/Simone Raineri (Ita) 3'02''02 Silver medal 3. Alexandros Savvatis/Loannis Karampas (Gre) 3'03''18 Bronze medal 4. Adrien Hardy/Sebastien Vieilledent (Fra) 3'04''76 5. Jaime Rios/Mauricio Monteserin (Spa) 3'05''37 6. Sami Kaya/Saim Kaya (Tur) 3'15''13 Owing / men's Pair Slovene pair Spik / Mizerit won gold medal Tunis, Sept, 14 (Tapex) Slovene Pair Spik/Mizerita won the gold medal of the men's pair race at the Mediterranean games Rowing competition this morning in 3'01''73. Final standings 1. Luka Spik/Davor Mizerit (Slo) 3'01''73 Gold medal 2. Rossano Galtarossa/Simone Raineri (Ita) 3'02''02 Silver medal 3. Alexandros Savvatis/Loannis Karampas (Gre) 3'03''18 Bronze medal 4. Adrien Hardy/Sebastien Vieilledent (Fra) 3'04''76 5. Jaime Rios/Mauricio Monteserin (Spa) 3'05''37 6. Sami Kaya/Saim Kaya (Tur) 3'15''13 Rowing - men's Lightweight pair Italian pair Moncada/Gilardoni won gold medal Tunis, Sept 14 (Tapex) The Italian Pair Moncada/Gilardoni won this morning the gold medal at men's Lightweight pair as part of the Mediterranean games rowing competition in 3'05''40. Final standings 1. Luca Moncada/Daniele Gilardoni (Ita) 3'05''40 Gold medal 2. Thibaud Chapelle/Fabrice Moreau (Fra) 3'07''71 Silver medal 3. Ruben Alvarez/Juan Zunzunequi (Spa) 3'07''88 Bronze medal 4. Igor Ronchi/Mitja Trkov (Slo) 3'12''97 5. Elsayed Abdelmoaty/Morsy Ramadan (Egy) 3'15''42 6. Bilgelay Kisacikoglu/Tufan Turanli (Tur) 3'15''97 Rowing - women's Lightweight pair French pair Gouelle/Hamon won gold medal Tunis, Sept 14 (Tapex) The French Pair Gouelle/Hamon won the gold medal of women's Lightweight pair at the Mediterranean games Rowing competition in 3'29''86. Final standings of women's Lightweight pair (lw2x) : 1. Adeline Gouelle/Solene Hamon (Fra) 3'29''86 Gold medal 2. Samantha Molina/Martina Orzan (Ita) 3'30''93 Silver medal 3. Laura Clavijo/ Berta Duran (Spa) 3'31''64 Bronze medal 4. Evangelia Kokkinou/Gergia Dimakou (Gre) 3'34''18 5. Cigdem Erginer/Basak Oz (Tur) 3'46''45 6. Ines Hammami/Olfa Khamassi (Tun) 3'52''23 Shooting / 10 m Air gun qualifiers Results of 1st series Tunis, Sept 14 (Tapex) Results of first series at the 10 m Air Gun shooting qualifiers : 1st series: 1. Luis Jesus Martinez (Spa) 594 2. Theodoros Karpidas (Gre) 585 3. Darko Bujala (Cro) 584 4. Andreas Costantinou (Cyp) 574 5. Mustapha Helmi (Egy) 573 6. Mondher Aissaoui (Tun) 566 Rowing /men's Skiff final Italian Franco Berra wins gold medal Tunis, Sept, 14 (Tapex) Italian Franco Berra won the gold medal at men's skiff in the Mediterranean games Rowing competition in 3'20''05. Final standings 1. Franco Berra (Ita) 3'20''05 Gold medal 2. Ali Ibrahim (Egy) 3'22''20 Silver medal 3. Frederic Kowal (Fra) 3'22''58 Bronze medal 4. Hasan Ozkan (Tur) 3'25''99 5. Nicola Stojic (Yug) 3'26''04 6. Jesus Gonzales (Spa) 3'29''48 Rowing / women's Skiff final Gold medal for French Sophie Balmary Tunis, Sept, 14 (Tapex) French Sophie Balmary won this morning the gold medal at women's Skiff as part of the Mediterranean games Rowing competition in 3'38''06. Final standings 1. Sophie Balmary (Fra) 3'38''06 Gold medal 2. Paraskevi Dimitriadi (Gre) 3'43''32 Silver medal 3. Erika Spinello (Ita) 3'44''55 Bronze medal 4. Nuria Dominguez (Spa) 3'45''53 5. Mima Rajle (Cro) 3'47''99 6. Ibtissem Trimech (Tun) 3'55''66 Athletics / men's hammer French Chaussinand beat Mediterranean record Tunis, Sept, 14 (Tapex) French David Chaussinand beat this morning the Mediterranean record of Hammer with a throw of 79 m 71 (former record : 78 m 44 held by French Christophe Ebel), at the Mediterranean games Athletics day 4 events. Final standings 1. David Chaussinand (Fra) 79 M 71 Gold medal 2. Nicola Vizzona (Ita) 78 M 49 Silver medal 3. Alexandros Papadimitriou (Gre) 76 M 98 Bronze medal 4. Raphael Piolenti (Fra) 71 m 52 5. Kozmus Primoz (Slo) 71 m 12 6. Esref Apak (Tur) 71 m 06 7. Noises Canpeny (Spa) 69 m 02 8. Saber Sioud (Tun) 63 m 57 Athletics - women's 20 km walk Gold medal For Italian Erica Alfridi Tunis, Sept 14 (Tapex) Italian Erica Alfridi won the gold medal of 20 km Walk at the 14th Mediterranean games Athletics day 4 events, in 1h 36m 47s. Final standings : 1. Erica Alfridi (Ita) 1h 36'47'' Gold medal 2. Elisabetta Perrone (Ita) 1h 36'47'' Silver medal 3. Rocio Florido (Spa) 1h 37'14'' Bronze medal 4. Athina Papagianni (Gre) 1h 37'21'' 5. Teresa Linares (Spa) 1h 42'24'' 6. Thouraya Hamrouni (Tun) 1h 44'35'' 7. Najwa Saleh (Egy) 1h 45'54'' Medals table after mg day 11 Tunis, Sept, 14 (Ttapex) Here is the medals table after day 11 of the Mediterrean games : Country Gold Silver Bronze 1.Turkey 31 12 12 2. italy 29 47 37 3. Spain 29 19 31 4. France 28 26 32 5. Greece 26 30 25 6.Tunisia 14 12 24 7. Algeria 7 7 8 8. Egypt 6 12 14 9. Croatia 6 4 5 10. Slovenia 4 3 6 11. Morocco 3 4 3 12. Yugoslavia 1 3 13 13. Cyprus 1 1 3 14. Syria 0 5 4 15. Albania 0 1 0 16. Bosnia 0 0 3 17. Libya 0 0 1 Golf - round 3 Tunisian team rank 6th Nabeul, Sept 14 (Tapex) The Tunisian men's Golf team ranked 6th together with Morocco and Turkey at the end of the third round of the 14th Mediterranean games Golf competition taking place in Hammamet . Standings after round 3 Men's individual standings : 1/ Lima Philippe (Fra) 2/ Hammoud Ali (Leb) 3/ Molinari Edoardo (Ita) 4/ Del Corral Carlos (Spa) -/ El Hali Abdelkader (Mor) -/ Wallani Slah (Tun) 7/ Bourdy Gregory (Fra) Men's team standings : 1/ France 436 2/ Italy 455 3/ Lebanon 458 4/ Spain 461 5/ Slovenia 466 6/ Morocco 467 -/ Tunisia 467 -/ Turkey 467 9/ Greece 479 10/ Monaco 489 Women's individual standings : 1/ Giquel Sophie (Fra) 2/ Elosegui Tania (Spa) 3/ Calzavara Tulia (Ita) -/ Prieto Marta (Spa) 5/ Vilatte Alexandra (Fra) 6/ Paruscio Barbara (Ita) 7/ Luna Diana (Ita) 8/ Alonso Carmen (Spa) 9/ Alsuguern Maitena (Fra) 10/ Raad Mirna (Leb) Women's team standings : 1/ Spain 449 2/ France 453 3/ Italy 463 4/ Greece 518 5/ Lebanon 549 6/ Croatia 551 Water Polo Spain V Italy at final Tunis, Sept 14 (Tapex) Spain qualified for the final of the 14th Mediterranean games Water Polo tournament after beating on Thursday Yugoslavia 9/6 at semifinals. Men's Shot Put Spanish Manuel Martinez beat Mediterranean record Tunis, Sept 14 (Tapex) Spanish Manuel Martinez beat The Mediterranean record at men's Shot Put with 21 m 03 (former record 20 m 58 held by Yladimir Milic at mg in split, 1979), at the 14th Mediterranean games Athletics day 3 events on Thursday evening. Final standings at men's shot put : 1. Manuel Martinez (Spa) 21 m 03 Gold Medal 2. Paolo Dal Soglio (Ita) 20 m 60 Silver Medal 3. Vaios Tigkas (Gre) 19 m 42 Bronze Medal 4. Marco Dodoni (Ita) 18 m 63 5. Yves Niare (Fra) 18 m 13 6. Kacevic Edhem (Bos) 17 m 57 7. Hicham Ait Aha (Mor) 16 m 56 8. Mohamed Meddeb (Tun) 16 m 12 Athletics - men's 4x100 m relay Italian team win gold medal Tunis, Sept 14 (Tapex) The Italian men's team won on Thursday evening the gold medal of 4x100 m relay at the 14th Mediterranean games Athletics day 3 events in 39''14 . Final standings for men's 4x100 m relay : 1. Italy 39''14 Gold medal 2. France 39''73 Silver medal 3. Spain 40''00 Bronze medal 4. greece 40''22 5. cyprus 40''51 Athletics - women's 4x100 m relay French team win gold medal Tunis, Sept 14 (Tapex) The French women's team won on Thursday evening the gold medal of the 14th Mediterranean games women's 4x100 m relay 44''40 at Athletics day 3 events. Final standings of women's 4x100 m relay : 1. France 44''40 Gold medal 2. Italy 44''89 Silver medal 3. Greece 44''97 Bronze medal 4. Spain 47''64 5. Lebanon 49''30 Men's Volleyball Italy won gold medal Tunis, Sept 14 (Tapex) Italy's Volleyball team won the gold medal of the 14th Mediterranean games men's Volleyball tournament after beating Tunisia's 3/1 (25-21, 20-25, 15-25, 24-26) at final on Thursday. Tunisia won the silver medal and turkey the bronze one. Final standings : - 1 Italy - 2 Tunisia - 3 Turkey - 4 France - 5 Spain - 6 Yugoslavia - 7 Greece - 8 Cyprus - 9 San Marino - 10 Albania Table Tennis (men and women's singles) Results of quarter finals 1 Tunis, Sept 14 (Tapex) Here are the results of the quarter finals of the 14th Mediterranean games table Tennis tournament men and women's singles played on Thursday. - Men's : Slobodan Grujic (Yug) beat Yang Min (Ita) 4-1 Damien Eloi (Fra) beat Roco Tosic (Cro) 4-1 Bojan Tokic (Slo) beat Ionnis Vlotinos (Gre) 4-0 Aleksandar Karakasevic (Yug) beat Daniel Torres (Spa) 4-2 - Fixtures for semifinals : Slobodan Grujic (Yug) V Damien Eloi (Fra) Bojan Tokic (Slo) V Aleksandar Karakasevic (Yug) - Women's : Tamara Boros (Cro) beat Laura Negrisoli (Ita) 4-2 Anne Sophie Gourin (Fra) beat Petra Dermastua (Slo) 4-0 Eldijana Aganovic (Cro) beat Aikataerini Ntoulaki (Gre) 4-1 Alessia Arisi (Ita) beat Agathe Costes (Fra) 4-1 - Fixtures for semifinals : Tamara Boros (Cro) V Anne Sophie Gourin (Fra) Eldijana Aganovic (Cro) V Alessia Arisi (Ita) At men's doubles, the Tunisian pair Nabil Jamil / Ghazi Belkahia were eliminated at quarter finals after their loss to Spanish pair Torres / Carneros 3/0. Results of men's doubles quarter finals : Quentel / Eloi (Fra) beat Ignjatovic / Tokic (Slo) Piancentini / Yang (Ita) beat Tosic / Juzbasic (Cro) Karkasevic / Grujic (Yug) beat Giardi / Stefanelli (San Mar) 3/0. Athletics / women's 5000 m Gold medal for Turkish Ebru Kavaklioglu Tunis, Sept, 14 (Tapex) Turkish Ebru Kavklioglu won on Thursday evening the gold medal at the women's 5000 m in 15'26''33 , as part of the Mediterranean games Aathletics day 3 events. Morocco's Asma Leghzaoui won the silver medal (15'29''35 ) and Yugoslav Olivera Jevtic the bronze one (15'40''61 ). Final standings 1. Ebru Kavaklioglu (Tur) 15'26''33 Gold medal 2. Asma Leghzaoui (Mor) 15'29''35 Silver medal 3. Olivera Jevtic (You) 15'40''61 Bronze medal 4. Helena Javornik (Slo) 15'56''67 5. Silvia Weisstiner (Ita) 16'06''38 6. Ouafa Frikech (Mor) 16'11''63 7. Soulef Bouguerra (Tun) 16'14''64 8. Maria Protopapa (Gre) 16'34''94 9. Hana Chaouech (Tun) 16'55''20 10. Judith Pla (Spa) 17'18''07 Athletics / women's Javelin Italian Claudia Coslovich beat Mediterranean record Tunis, Sept, 14 (Tapex) Italian Claudia Coslovich beat on Thursday evening the Mediterranean record at women's Javelin with a throw of 62 m 02 (former record : 62 m held by Anna Virouli at the Mediterranean games of Casablanca in 1983), as part of the Mediterranean games athletics day 3 events. Greek Anna Tsiolakoudi won the silver medal (58 m 16) and Spanish Marta Miguez the bronze one (55 m 19). Final standings 1. Claudia Coslovich (Ita) 62 M 02 Gold medal 2. Anna Tsiolakoudi (Gre) 58 M 16 Silver medal 3. Marta Miguez (Spa) 55 M 19 Bronze medal 4. Sarah Walter (Fra) 54 m 46 5. Aida Sallam (Tun) 53 m 23 6. Mercedes Chilla (Spa) 51 m 44 7. Saloua Dhouibi (Tun) 42 m 64 Athletics / sports for the disabled Men's 1500 m wheelchair qualifiers: Tunisians Mohamed Farhat Belkhir and Ahmed Aouadi qualify for final Tunis, Sept, 14 (Tapex) Mohamed Farhat Belkhir and Ahmed Aouadi (Tunisia) have qualified on Thursday evening for the final of the 1500 m wheelchair , as part of the 14th Mediterranean games athletics day 3 events. Results of qualifiers 1st series 1. Joel Jeannot (Fra) 3'38''29 qualified 2. Mohamed Farhat Belkhir (Tun) 3'38''73 qualified 3. Roberto Brigo (Ita) 3'39''57 qualified 4. Roger Puigbo (Spa) 3'39''64 qualified 5. Ayhan Metan (Tur) 3'48''27 qualified 6. Driss Ramadan (Mor) 4'04''13 2nd series 1. Claude Issorat (Fra) 3'43''71 qualified 2. Ahmed Aouadi (Tun) 3'45''11 qualified 3. Marcore Calegari (Ita) 3'45''84 qualified 4. Walid Jaber (Egy) 3'55''83 qualified 5. Sami Ekin (Tur) 3'56''16 qualified 6. Jose Manuel Abal (Spa) 4'08''02 Athletics / men's high Jump final Algerian Abderrahman Hammad wins gold medal Tunis, Sept, 14 (Tapex) Algerian Abderrahman Hammad won on Thursday evening the gold medal of high Jump with a Jump of 2 m 25, at the Mediterranean games Athletics day 3 events. Italian Giulio Ciotti won the silver medal and Bosnia's Elvir Krehmic and French Gregory Gabella the bronze medal. Final standings 1. Abderrahman Hammad (Alg) 2 M 25 Gold medal 2. Giulio Ciotti (Ita) 2 M 19 Silver medal 3. Elvir Krehmic (Bos) 2 M 19 Bronze medal -. Gregory Gabella (Fra) 2 M 19 Bronze medal 5. Rozle Prezelj (Slo) 2 m 19 6. Metin Durmusoglu (Tur) 2 m 15 -. David Antona (Spa) 2 m 15 8. Dimitrios Syrrakos (Gre) 2 m 15 9. Georgios Mitrakos (Gre) 2 m 10 -. Djordje Miketic (Yug) 2 m 10 11. Constantinou (Cyp) 2 m 10 -. Mustapha Raifak (Fra) 2 m 10 13. Raul Lozano (Spa) 2 m 10 Rowing Tunisian Anis Jouini qualifies for ''men's Skiff'' final Tunis, Sept, 14 (Tapex) Tunisian Rower Anis Jouini has qualified on Thursday for the ''men's Lightweight skiff'' final of the Mediterranean games Rowing tournament , ranking second in 3'34''15, ahead of French Dufour (3'29''67). The Rowing tournament, whose qualifiers started on Thursday includes six events , namely : ''men's Skiff '', ''men's pair'', ''men's Lightweight Skiff'' , ''men's Lightweight pair'', ''women's Skiff'' and ''women's Lightweight pair''. At qualifiers, each category is made up of two series (1 and 2) numbering 4 to 6 Rowers each. the first of each series automatically qualifies for final. Rowers qualified : ''Men's skiff '' final 1. Nikola Stojic (Yug) 2. Ali Ibrahim (Egy) 3. Franco Berra (Ita) 4. Frederic Kowal (Fra) 5. Jesus Gonzalez (Spa) 6. Hassan Ozcan (Tur) ''Men's pair'' final 1. Alexadros Savvatis (Gre) Ioannis Karampas (Gre) 2. Luka Spik (Slo) Davor Mizerit (Slo) 3. Rosanno Galtarossa (Ita) Simone Raineri (Ita) 4. Sami Kaya (Tur) Saim Kaya (Tur) 5. Jaime Rios (Spa) Mauricio Monteserin (Spa) 6. Adrien Hardy (Fra) Sebastien Vieilledent (Fra) ''Men's lightweight skiff'' final 1. Carlos Loriente (Spa) 2. Bolaz Kajdiz (Slo) 3. Frederic Dufour (Fra) 4. Elia Luini (Ita) 5. Murat Turkey (Tur) 6. Anis Jouini (Tun) ''Men's Lightweight pair'' final 1. Bilgetay Kisacikoglu (Tur) Tufan Turanli (Tur) 2. Ruben Alvarez (Spa) Juan Zunzunequi (Spa) 3. Thibaud Chapelle (Fra) Fabrice Moreau (Fra) 4. Luca Moncada (Ita) Danielle gilardoni (Ita) 5. Igor Ronchi (Slo) Hitja Trkov (Slo) 6. Mohamed Abdelmoty (Egy) Mohamed Morsy Ramadan (egy) Men's Handball /ranking tournament (5th to 8th rank) Yugoslavia beat Italy 31/26 // Algeria beat Slovenia 30/27 Tunis, Sept, 14 (Ttapex) The Yugoslav men's Handball team beat their Italian counterpart 31/26 (halftime 15-15) at the 14th Mediterranean games ranking tournament day 3 game played on Thurday evening. The Algerian team beat for their part Slovenia's 30/27 (halftime 17-16). Men's Handball Tunisia and Croatia qualify for final Tunis, Sept, 14 (Tapex) Tunisia's men's Handball team qualified for the final of the 14th Mediterranean games tournament after beating their Spanish counterpart 28/27 (halftime 13-15), at the semifinal game played on Thursday. Tunisia will play Croatia at final. Croatia qualified after beating france 32/26 (halftime 15/13) . Soccer Tunisia qualifies for final Tunis, Sept, 14 (Tapex) Tunisia's ''2001'' Football team qualified for the final of the 14th Mediterranean games tournament after beating their Turkish counterpart 1/0 at the semifinal played on Thursday. The goal was scored by Slim Ben Achour at the 98'. Tunisia will play at final Italy who beat France 1/0. 800 m Wheelchairs - qualifiers Tunisian Souad Chamsi and Messaouda Sifi in finals Tunis, Sept. 13 (Tapex) Tunisian Souad Chemsi and Messaouda Sifi qualified for the 800 m wheelchair finals, as part of the qualifiers of the Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games Athletics contest day 3 events. Souad Chamsi ranked 2nd in the first heat (2 min 48.03 sec), ahead of Messaouda Saifi (3rd in the 2nd heat with 2 min 48.19 sec). Results for 800 m wheelchair qualifiers : 1st heat : 1. Mirjana Runzjak (Croatia) 2'41''84 qualified 2. Souad Chamsi (Tunisia) 2'48''03 qualified 3. Antonella Munaro (Italy) 3'18''28 qualified 4. Sabah Issa (Egypt) 3'22''60 qualified 5. Anna Gilabert (Spain) 3 '47''68 2nd heat : 1. Aicha Azizi (Morocco) 2'29''35 qualified 2. Francesca Porcellato (Italy) 2'29''76 qualified 3. Messaouda Sifi (Tunisia) 2'48''19 qualified 4. Maria Alcoba (Spain) 3'19''84 qualified 5. Juric Sanja (Bosnia) 3'33''00 Football - semi-finals Italy qualify for finals Bizerte, Sept 13 (Tapex) Italy's national Football team qualified for the finals of the 14th Mediterranean games Football tournament after beating France's 1/0 in a semi-final game played in Rades. The goal was scored by CardinaleRoberto (20'). Women's long Jump Spanish Montaner wins gold medal Tunis, Sept 13 (Tapex) Spanish concepcion montaner won the gold medal of the 14th Mediterranean games women's long Jump contest with a 6,48 m-Jump on Thursday in Rades. Greek Styliani Pilatou won the silver medal (6,41 m) and Italian Silvia Favre won the bronze one. Women's long Jump final standings 1. Concepcion Montaner (Ita) 6 m 48 Gold medal 2. Styliani Pilatou (gre) 6 m 41 Silver medal 3. Silvia Favre (ita) 6 m 14 Bronze medal 4. Irini Charalambous (Cyp) 6 m 09 5. Baya Rahouli (Alg) 5 m 98 6. Laura Gatto (Ita) 5 m 83 7. Anila Meta (Alb) 5 m 71 8. Lara Gerada (Mlt) 5 m 69 9. Rania Estefan (Alb) 5 m 60 10. Awatef Hamrouni (Tun) 5 m 44 11. Monteserrat Pujol (And) 5 m 42 12. Sandra Gabriel (Alb) 5 m 35 Air pistol (10 m) Tunisian Mohamed Younes ranks 5th and Italian Roberto Di Donna wins gold medal Tunis, Sept. 13 (Tapex) Tunisian Mohamed Younes ranked 5th at the 10 m air pistol contest of the 14th Mediterranean games, while his fellow countryman Mohamed Llahbib El Oued ranked 7th, at the end of this contest held in Tunis. The gold medal went to world and Olympic champion, Italian Roberto Ddi Donna with 683.7 points, the silver gold to Spanish Lorenzo Isidro (673 points) and the bronze to Italian Vigilio fait (672.4 points). Results of the preliminaries are taken into account in the final standings. Women's Hammer - finals French Florence Ezeh sets Mediterranean record Tunis, Sept 13 (Tapex) French Florence Ezeh set the Mediterranean women's Hammer record with a 64,59 m-throw, in a 14th Mediterranean games women's Hammer final played this afternoon in Rades. Italian Ester Balassini won the silver medal (64,13 m) and Greek Papageorgiou won the bronze (62,87 m). This event is held for the first time in the Mediterranean games. Women's Hammer final standings 1. Florence Ezeh (Fra) 64 m 59 Gold medal 2. Ester Balassini (Ita) 64 m 13 Silver medal 3. Papageorgiou (Gre) 62 m 87 Bronze medal 4. Ivana Brkljavic (Cro) 61 m 44 5. Marwa Arafat (Egy) 61 m 18 6. Berta Castells (Esp) 60 m 10 7. Evdokia Tsamoglu (Gre) 59 m 98 8. Monica Torazzi (Ita) 58 m 92 9. Dolores Pedrares (Esp) 53 m 86 10. Elena Teloni (Chy) 53 m 10 11. Zubeyde Yildiz (Tur) 49 m 37 Tunis-2001/ men's Handball / standings tournament Greece beat Turkey 30 to 23 Tunis, Sept. 13 (Tapex) The Greek men's Handball team beat their Turkish counterparts by 30 to 23 (halftime: 18-12) in a games counting for 14th mediterranean games day 3 standings tournament from the 9th to the 12th ranks, played thursday in ariana. Athletics - men's 200 m qualifiers Cypriot Katsantonis beat Mediterranean record Tunis, Sept 13 (Tapex) Cypriot Prodomos Katsantonis beat this morning the Mediterranean record of the men's 200 m in 20''96 (former record 22''44 held by Italian Giovanni Puggioni in Bari, 1997) at the 14th Mediterranean games athletics day 3 qualifiers. - Athletes qualified for the men's 200 m final : 1st series : 1. Marco Torrieri (Ita) 21''38 qualified 2. Thierry Lubin (Fra) 21''48 qualified 3. Ansatasios Poulioglou (Gre) 21''49 4. Mohamed Nhili (Mor) 21''88 5. Mario Bonello (Mlt) 22''02 2nd series : 1. Prodomos Katsantonis (Gre) 20''96 qualified 2. Panagiotos Sarris (Gre) 21''04 qualified 3. Andrea Colombo (Ita) 21''12 qualified 4. Carlos Melendez (Spa) 21''46 5. Titi Laaroussi (Tun) 22''12 6. gilford darren (mlt) 22''33 3rd series : 1. Anninos Marcoullides (Cyp) 20''99 qualified 2. Pedro Pablo Nolet (Spa) 21''41 qualified 3. Resat Oguz (Tur) 21''45 qualfied 4. Ronald Pognon (Fra) 21''47 5. Nabil Jabir (Mor) 21''70 6. Abubaker Al Tawerghi (Leb) 21''94 Water polo Italy, France, Ugoslavia and Spain qualified for semifinals Tunis, Sept 1 (Tapex) Italy, pain, Yugoslavia and France on Wednesday qualified for the semifinals of the 14th Mediterranean games Water polo tournament. Final standings : - Pool A : 1/ Italy 6 points 2/ Spain 4 '' 3/ Slovenia 2 '' 4/ Tunisia 0 '' - Pool B : 1/ Yugoslavia 6 points (36 goals) 2/ France 6 '' (2 '') 3/ Croatia 6 '' (25 '') 4/ Greece 1 '' 5/ Turkey 1 '' - Today's fixtures: 5th rank : Slovenia V Croatia 7th rank : Tunisia V Greece 1st semifinal : France V Italy 2nd semifinal : Yugoslavia V Spain Men's Handball Tunisia V Spain at semifinals Tunis, Sept 13 (Tapex) The Tunisian men's Handball team qualified for the 14th Mediterranean games men's Handball tournament semifinals after beating Algeria on Wednesday 27/19 (10-7 at halftime). Tunisia is playing today at semifinals Spain who qualified after beating Slovenia 32/25 (13/10 at halftime). Men's Volleyball Tunisia V Italy at final Tunis, Sept 13 (Tapex) The Tunisian Volleyball team qualified for the final of the 14th Mediterranean games men's Volleyball tournament after beating their Ffrench counterpart 3/0 (25/19, 25/19, 25/18) at semifinals on Wednesday . - Results of semifinals : Italy beat Turkey 3/1 (25/17, 20/25, 25/15, 25/16) Tunisia beat France 3/0 (25/19, 25/19 et 25/18) - Ranking games : 7th / 8th rank : Greece beat Cyprus 3/1 24/26, 25/20, 25/19, 25/15) 5th /6th rank : Spain beat Yugoslavia 3/0 (25/17, 25/22, 25/20) - Today's fixtures : France V Tturkey (3rd/4th rank) Tunisia V Italy (final) Athletics / women's 10000 m Moroccan Asma Leghzaoui beat Mediterranean record Tunis, Sept, 13 (Tapex) Moroccan Asma Leghzaoui beat on Wednesday evening the Mediterranean record of the women's 10000 m in 31'16''94 (former record 32'34''87 held by Greek Iskovou in Bari in 1997), as part of the Mediterranean games athletics day 2. Yugoslav Olivera Jevtic won the silver medal and Turkish Elvan Abeylesse the bronze one. Final standings 1. Asma Leghzaoui (Mor) 31'16''94 Gold medal 2. Olivera Jevtic (Yug) 31'33''08 Silver medal 3. Elvan Abeylesse (Tur) 32'29''20 Bronze medal 4. Silvia Sommagio (Ita) 33'08''18 5. Soulef Bouguerra (Tun) 33'53''27 Athletics / men's 800 m Algerian Adem Hecini wins gold medal Tunis, Sept, 13 (Tapex) Algerian Adem Hecini won on Wednesday evening the gold medal of the men's 800 m in 1'49''21 , as part of the Mediterranean games Athletics day 2. Moroccan Khalid Tirhazouine won the silver medal and French Franck Barre the bronze one. Final standings : 1. Adem Hecini (Alg) 1'49''21 Gold medal 2. Khalid Tirhazouine (Mor) 1'49''42 Silver medal 3. Franck Barre (Fra) 1'49''48 Bronze medal 4. Juan Carlos Esteso ('0-) 1'49''64 5. Mohssin Cheihibi (Mor) 1'49''84 6. Nicolas Aissat (Fra) 1'50''51 7. Andrea Giocondi (Ita) 1'50''67 8. Radwan Jaddoueh (Syr) 1'51''39 Athletics / women's 800 m Bronze medal for Tunisian Abir Nakhli Tunis, Sept, 13 (Tapex) Tunisian Abir Nakhli won on Wednesday evening the bronze medal at the 800 m race in 2'4''98 , as part of the Mediterranean games Athletics day 2. T the gold medal was won by moroccan soltana ait hamou (2'04''28) and the silver one by slovenebrigitta lagrolek (2'o4''91). Athletics / men's discus Italian Diego Fortuna beat Mediterranean record Tunis, Sept, 13 (Tapex) Italian discus thrower Diego Fortuna beat on Wednesday evening the Mediterranean record with a throw of 64 m 40 (former record 62 m 58 held by Greek Costas Gorkopoulos at mg of Casablanca in 1983), as part of the Mediterranean games Athletics day 2. Spanish David Martinez won the silver medal (63 m 85) and his compatriot Mario Pestano the bronze one (63 m 71). Final standings : 1. Diego Fortuna (Ita) 64 m 40 Gold medal 2. David Martinez (Spa) 63 m 85 Silver medal 3. Mario Pestano (Esp) 63 m 71 Bronze medal 4. Saves Panavoglu (Gre) 61 m 49 5. Igor Primic (Slo) 61 m 26 6. Olgudeniz (Tur) 59 m 63 7. Dragan Mustapic (Cro) 58 m 45 8. Stephane Nativel (Fra) 58 m 41 9. Cristiano Andrei (Ita) 56 m 22 Athletics / Decathlon Tunisian Hamdi Dhouibi wins silver medal Tunis, Sept, 13 (Tapex) Tunisian Hamdi Dhouibi won on Wedneday evening the silver medal at Decathlon with a total of 7530 pointsnas part of the Mediterranean games Athletics day 2. Greek Prodromos Korkizoglou won the gold medal with 7773 points and the bronze medal was awarded to Italian Paolo Casarsa (7522 points). Final standings 1. Prodromos Korkizoglou (Gre) 7773 pts Gold medal 2. Hamdi Dhouibi (Tun) 7530 Silver medal 3. Paolo Casarsa (Ita) 7522 Bronze medal 4. Marc Magrans (Spa) 7459 5. Marcos Moreno (Spa) 7384 6. Pavlos Koromichalakis (Gre) 7354 7. Andreou Georgios (Cyp) 7211 8. Mustapha Hassan (Egy) 604 Athletics / men's 3000 m Steeplechase Gold medal for Spanish Antonio Jimenez Tunis, Sept, 13 (Tapex) Spanish Antonio Jimenez won on Wednesday the gold medal of the 3000 m Steeplechase in 8'31''31 as part of the Mediterranean games Athletics day 2. His compatriot Jose Luis Blanco won the silver medal and Algerian Laid Bessou the bronze one. Final standings 1. Antonio Jimenez (Spa) 8'31''31 Gold medal 2. Jose Luis Blanco (Spa) 8'34''94 Silver medal 3. Laid Bessou (Alg) 8'35''32 Bronze medal 4. Mourad Ben Slimani (Alg) 8'37'25 5. Elarbi Khattabi (Mor) 8'38''36 6. Lotfi Turki (Tun) 8'41''87 7. Lyes Ramoul (Fra) 8'47''08 8. Luciano Di Pardo (Ita) 8'49''25 9. Stephane Desaulty (Fra) 8'53''38 10. Josep Sansa Bullich (And) 8'54''02 11. Georgio-Vasi Kompogiannis (Gre) 9'03''38 Athletics / women's high Hump Gold medal for Croatian Blanka Vlasic Tunis, Sept, 13 (Tapex) Croatian Blanka Vlasic won on Wednesday evening the gold medal at women's high Jump with a Jump of 1 m 90, as part of the Mediterranean games Athletics day 2. Her compatriot Nevena Lendel won the silver medal (1 m 87) and Italian Anna Visigalli the bronze one (1m87). Final standings 1. Blanka Vlasic (Cro) 1 m 90 gold medal 2. nevena lendel (Cro) 1 m 87 silver medal 3. anna visigalli (Ita) 1 m 87 bronze medal 4. ruth beita (spa) 1 m 83 5. lea cimperman (slo) 1 m 83 6. charalambous (cyp) 1 m 83 7. ioulia farmaka (cyp) 1 m 79 8. candar kilincer (tur) 1 m 79 9. eleni syropoulou (gre) 1 m 75 10. zine el behi othmani (tun) 1 m 70 Athletics / 20 km Walk Final standings Tunis, Sept, 13 (Tapex) Final standings at the 20 km Walk event won by Tunisian Hatem Ghoula on Wednesday as part of the Mediterranean games athletics day 2 : Final standings 1. Hatem Ghoula (Tun) 1h 26'43'' Gold medal 2. Jose Alessandro Cambil (Spa) 1h 28'43'' Silver medal 3. Alessandro Ghandilini (Ita) 1h 29'18'' Bronze medal 4. Theodoros Stamatopoulos (Gre) 1h 29'52'' 5. Moussa Aouanouk (Alg) 1h 31'20'' 6. Eleftherios Tthanopoulos (Gre) 1h 31'36'' 7. Ivano Brugnetti (Ita) 1h 33'03'' Men's Volleyball - semi-finals Tunisia qualify for finals Tunis, Sept 12 (Tapex) Tunisia's national Volleyball team qualified for the finals of the 14th Mediterranean games' men's Volleyball tournament after beating France's 3/0 (25-19, 25-19, 25-18) in a semi-final game played in La Goulette. Women's Shot put - finals Gold medal for Italian Assunta Legnante Tunis, Sept 12 (Tapex) Italian Assunta Legante won in Rades, women's Shot Put gold medal (17.23 m throw) as part of the Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games athletics competition 2nd day events. The silver and bronze medals went to Greek Terzoglu (16.97 m) and Spanish de la Puente (16.55 m) respectively. For her part, Tunisian Amel Ben Khaled ranked 5th (15.37 m). Final standings: 1. Assunta Legante (Italy) 17.23 m Gold medal 2. Terzoglu (Greece) 16.97 m Silver medal 3. De La Puente (Spain) 16.55 m Bronze medal 4. Laurence Manfredi (France) 15.61 m 5. Amel Ben Kaheld (Tunisia) 15.37 m 6. Strovolidou (Cyprus) 15.22 m 7. Menelaou (Cyprus) 15.11 m Men's Handball - quarter finals Tunisia qualify for semi - finals Tunis, Sept 12 (Tapex) Tunisia's national Handball team qualified for the semi-finals of the 14th Mediterranean games men's Handball tournament after beating Algeria's 27/19 (13/10 at halftime) in a quarter final game played in El Menzah. Waterpolo - 5th day Croatia 13 Turkey 2 Tunis, Sept 11 (Tapex) Croatia's national Waterpolo team beat Turkey's 13/2, in a 14th Mediterranean games' Waterpolo tournament 5th day pool B game played in Rades. Waterpolo / day 5 Pool B Croatia / Turkey 13-2 Tunis, Sept. 11 (Tapex) The Croatian national team beat their Turkish counterparts 13/2 in a day 5 game of the 14th Mediterranean games Waterpolo tournament, played this evening in Rades. 20 km Walk Tunisian Hatem Ghoula wins gold medal Tunis, Sept 12 (Tapex) Tunisian Hatem Ghoula won the gold medal of the 14th Mediterranean games' 20 km Walk event after covering the distance in 1h 26,43 sec. Spanish Jose Alessandra Cambil won the silver medal (1h 28, 43 sec) and Italian Alessandro Ghandilini the bronze one (1h 29, 18 sec) Men's 400 m - finals Tunisian Soufiene Laabidi wins silver medal Tunis, Sept 12 (Tapex) Tunisian Sofiane Laabidi won a silver medal at the 14th Mediterranean games men'' 400 m after covering the distance in 46,33 sec in a final contest held this evening in Rades. The gold medal went to Algerian Malik Louahla (45,56 sec) while Egyptian Amine Gomaa won the bronze one. Men's 110 m Hurdles- finals French Vincent Clarico wins gold medal Tunis, Sept 12 (Tapex) French Vincent Clarico won the gold medal of the 14th Mediterranean games men's 110 m Hurdles after covering the distance in 13,62 sec, in a final event held Wednesday evening in Rades. The silver medal went to Italian Devis Favaro (13,69 sec) and the bronze by Nenad Loncar (13,90 sec). Finals results : 1. Clarico Vincent (Fra) 13''62 Gold medal 2. Devis Favaro (Ita) 13''69 Silver medal 3. Nenad Loncar (You) 13''90 Bronze medal 4. Dimitrios Pietris (Gre) 13''91 5. Ioannis Marakakis (Gre) 13''95 6. Juraj Grabusic (Cro) 13''97 7. Damjan Zlatnar (Slo) 13''99 Women's 100 m Hurdles - final French Patricia Girard wins gold medal Tunis, Sept 12 (Tapex) French Patricia Girard won a gold medal at the 14th Mediterranean games' Athletics tournament women's 100 m Hurdles event after covering the distance in 12, 82 sec, in the final played this afternoon in Rades. Her compatriot Haydy Aron won the silver medal (13,04 sec) and Italian Margaret Macchiut won the bronze one. (13, 31 sec). Finals results : 1. Patricia Girard (Fra) 12''82 Gold medal 2. Haydy Aron (Fra) 13''04 Silver medal 3. Mrgaret Macchiut (Ita) 13''31 Bronze medal 4. Christiana Tampaki (Gre) 13''36 5. Flora Rentoumi (Gre) 13''41 6. Esen Kizildag (Tur) 14''10 7. Raquel Frauas (Sp) 14''10 8. Esmeralda Arriscado (Sp) 14''37 Men and women's judo - 1st day qualifiers results Tunis, Sept. 12 (Tapex) Results for the Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games Judo tournament (men's -90 kg, -100 kg and +100 kg events and Women's -78 kg and +78 kg contests), kicked off here on Wednesday : Men : - 90 kg : 1st round results : Vincent Carabetta (France) Beats David Alarza (Spain) panzic hrbvoje (croatia) beats amel mikic (bosnia) Ioannis Tsapara (Greece) beats Francesco Lepre (Italy) Guarter finals results : Vincent Carabetta (France) beats Yilmaz Ozgur (Turkey) Panzic Hrbvoje (Croatia) beats Skander Hachicha (Tunisia) Khaled Meddah (Algeria) beats Ioannis Tsapara (Greece) Adil Laknifli (Morocco) beats Achraf Zoughib (Lebanon) - 100 kg : 1st round results : Sadok Khalgui (Tunisia) beats Yahya Hsaba (Syria) Dionysis Iliadis (Greece) beats Mansour Otayek (Lebanon) Ivan Vega (Spain) beats Tufan Durmus (Turkey) Sami Belgroun (Algeria) beats Imad Baddou (Morocco) Quarter finals results : Petek Dmajan (Slovenia) beats Sadok Khalgui (Tunisia) Bassel Al Gharabawy (Egypt) beats Dionysis Iliadis (Greece) Ivan Vega (Spain) beats Michele Monti (Italy) Christophe Lagarde (France) beats Sami Belgroun (Algeria) + 100 kg : Note : this category includes only 6 Judokas who qualified directly for quarter finals. Denis Braidotti (Italy) Beats Mohamed Badran (Libya) Mathieu Bataille (France) Beats Odysse Tsigkouzidis (Greece) Note : anis Chadly (Tunisia) and Mohamed Bouaichaoui (Algeria) qualified directly for semi-finals. Women : -78 kg: 1st round results: Sandra Borderieux (France) beats Varvara Akritidou (Greece) Note : Chahla Ailia (Algeria), Kristina Decman (Slovenia), Houda Ben Daya (Tunisia), Henar Parra (Spain), Lucia Morico (Italy), Sema Ibrahimoglu (Turkey) And Louize Bou Rached (Lebanon) qualified directly for quarter finals. Quarter finals results : Kristina Decman (Slovenia) beats Chahla Ailia (Algeria) Sandra Borderieux (France) beats Houda Ben Daya (Tunisia) Lucia Morico (Italy) beats Henar Parra (Spain) Sema Ibrahimoglu (Turkey) beats Louize bou Rached (Lebanon) +78 kg : Note : this category includes only 7 Judokas who qualified directly. For quarter finals. Results for quarter finals : Clementina Papa (Italy) beats Eva Bisseni (France) Insaf Yahyaoui (Tunisia) beats Eleni Patsiou (Greece) Mara Kovacevic (Yugoslavia) beats Susana Somolinos (Spain) Note : Heba Hafni (Egypt), exempt, qualified directly for semi-finals. Men's Volleyball-semi-finals Italy qualify for finals Tunis, Sept 12 (Tapex) Italy's national Volleyball team qualified for the final of the 14th Mediterranean games' men's Vollleyball tournament after beating turkey's 3/1 (25-17, 20-25, 25-15, 25-16) in a semi-final game played this afternoon in La Goulette. Waterpolo-5th day- pool B France 6 Greece 5 Tunis, Sept 12 (Tapex) France's national Waterpolo team beat Greece's 6/5 in a 14th Mediterranean games 5th day pool B game played this afternoon in Rades. Men's Volley-ball / standings game Spain ranks 5th Tunis, Sept. 12 (Tapex) Spanish national men's team ranked 5th in the 14th Mediterranean games Volleyball tournament by beating their Yugoslav counterparts three sets to zero (25-17, 25-22, 25-20), in a standings game played here this afternoon. Here are the final standings from the 5th to 10th ranks : 5th : Spain 6th : Yugoslavia 7th : Greece 8th : Cyprus 9th : san Marino 10th : Albania Men's Handball France qualify for semi-finals Tunis, Sept 12 (Tapex) France's national Handball team qualified for the semi-finals of the 14th Mediterranean games' men's Handball tournament after beating Yugoslavia's 26/20 (15/9 at halftime) in a quarter final game played in El Menzah. Women's Handball France win gold medal Tunis, Sept 12 (Tapex) France's national handball team won the gold medal of the 14th Mediterranean games women's Handball tournament after beating Spain's 26/21 (13/6 at halftime) in a final game played in El Menzah. The bronze medal went to Slovenia who had beaten Yugoslavia 32/26 in a standings game. Men's Handball- quarter finals France qualify for semi-finals Tunis, Sept. 12 (Tapex) France's national men's team qualified for the semi-finals of the Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games Handball tournament after beating their Yugoslav counterparts 26/20 (15/9 at half-time) in a quarter final game, played Wednesday in el Menzah. Women's Handball- standings match Slovenia win bronze medal Tunis, Sept. 12 (Tapex) Slovenia's national women's team won the bronze medal of the Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games handball tournament by beating their Yugoslav counterparts 32/26 (15/14 at half-time) in a standings match. Men's Volleyball - standings game Greece rank 7th Tunis, Sept. 12 (Tapex) Greece ranked 7th at the tunis-2001 Mediterranean games men's Volleyball tournament following its victory against Cyprus 3 sets to 1 (24-26, 25-20 25-19 and 25-15) in a standings game (7th to 8th place) played here on Wednesday. Men's Handball quarter finals Croatia qualifies for semifinals Tunis, Sept, 12 (Tapex) The Croatian Handball team qualified for the semifinals of the men's Handball tournament at the Mediterranean games, after beating their Italian counterpart 32/25 (11/14 at halftime), at quarter finals. Athletics / men's 110 m Hurdles qualifiers Athletes qualified for final Tunis, Sept, 12 (Tapex) Here are the Athletes who qualified this morning for the final of the men's 110 m Hurdles , as part of the Mediterranean games Athletics day 2 events : 1st series 1. Clarico Vincent (Fra) 13''65 qualified 2. Damjan Zlatnar (Slo) 13''83 qualified 3. Nenad Loncar (Yug) 13''91 qualified 4. Juraj Grabusic (Cro) 13''97 qualified 5. Javier Vega (Spa) 14''16 6. Stephanos Ioannou (Cyp) 14''38 7. Mohamed Abderrahman (Lyb) 14''84 2nd series 1. Dimitrios Pietris (Gre) 13''70 qualified 2. Devis Favaro (Ita) 13''83 qualified 3. Cedic Lavanne (Fra) 13''88 qualified 4. Ioannis Marakakis (Gre) 14''09 qualified 5. Zoran Miljus (Cro) 14''09 6. Hamdi Mhirsi (Tun) 14''40 7. Raiea Al Kharsat (Jor) 14''67 Athletics / men's long Jump qualifiers Tunisian Anis Glali qualifies for final Tunis, Sept, 12 (Tapex) Tunisian Anis Glali has qualified this morning for the final of long Jump, ranking 7th in the second series with a Jump of 7,52 meters, at the Mediterranean games Athletics day 2 events. Results of qualifiers 1st series 1. Younes Moudrik (Mor) 7,93 m qualified 2. Alessio Rimoldi (Ita) 7,61 m qualified 3. C.Toure (Fra) 7,55 m qualified 4. Stergios Nousios (Gre) 7,50 m qualified 5. Luka Aracic (Cro) 7,48 m qualified 6. Antonio Adsuar (Spa) 7,47 m 2nd series 1. Kader Klouchi (Fra) 7,95 m qualified 2. Sinisa Ergotic (Cro) 7,89 m qualified 3. Yahia Berrabah (Mor) 7,77 m qualified 4. Danial Jahic (Yug) 7,74 m qualified 5. Nicola Trentin (Ita) 7,72 m qualified 6. Raul Fernadez (Spa) 7,70 m qualified 7. Anis Glali (Tun) 7,52 m qualified 8. Rachid Chouhal (Mal) 7,34 m 9. Papadopoulos (Gre) 7,03 m Athletics / men's 400 m qualifiers Tunisian Sofiane Laabidi qualifies for final Tunis, Sept, 12 (Tapex) Tunisian Sofiane Llaabidi has qualified this morning for the final of the men's 400 m, ranking first of the second series in 47 ''37 as part of the Mediterranean games athletics day 2 events. Results of qualifiers 1st series 1. Malik Louahala (Alg) 47''08 qualified 2. Stylianos Dimitsios (Gre) 47''83 qualified 3. Salvador Rodriguez (Spa) 47''97 qualified 4. Franco Bakaric (Cro) 48''09 qualified 5. Marc Foucan (Fra) 48''35 6. Ashraf Saber (Ita) 48''75 7. Titi Laaroussi (Tun) 50''87 8. Mohamed Amin Othon (Syr) with drawal 2nd series 1. Sofiane Laabidi (Tun) 47''37 qualified 2. Amine Gomaa (Egy) 47''52 qualified 3. Andrea Barbari (Ita) 47''76 qualified 4. Nino Habun (Cro) 48''17 qualified 5. Nabil Jabir (Mor) 48''27 6. Georgios Oconomidis (Gre) 48''29 7. Djamel Belaid (Alg) 49''09 Athletics / women's 100 m Hurdles qualifiers French Patricia Girard beat Mediterranean record Tunis, Sept, 12 (Tapex) French Patricia Girard beat this morning the Mediterranean record at women's 100 m Hurdles in 12''77 (former record 12''88 of French Anna Picoro ), as part of the Mediterranean games Athletics day 2 events. Results of qualifiers : 1st series 1. Patricia Girard (Fra) 12''77 qualified 2. Flora Rentoumi (Gre) 13''44 qualified 3. Esmeralda Arriscado (spa) 14''13 qualified 4. ala abdlhedi (Jor) 15''43 5. sandra gabriel (Leb) 25''37 2nd series 1. Haydy Aron (Fra) 12''96 qualified 2. Margaret Macchiut (Ita) 13''37 qualified 3. Christiana Tampaki (Gre) 13''38 qualified 4. Esen Kizildag (Tur) 14''13 qualified 5. Raquel Frauas (Spa) 14''14 qualified 6. Anella Mita (Alb) 14''49 7. Carine Cresto (Mon) 16''19 Soccer Tunisia V turkey and France V Italy at semifinals Tunis, Sept, 12 (Tapex) Here are the results of draws for the semifinals of the Mediterranean games Football tournament : Thursday, Sept 13 : Tunisia V Turkey France V Italy Saturday, Sept 15 : Ranking game final Athletics women's 400 m qualifiers Tunisian Awatef Ben Hassine qualifies for final Tunis, Sept, 12 (Tapex) Tunisian Awatef Ben Hassine has qualified for the final of the women's 400 m , ranking second at the second series (54''58 ) in Rades, as part of the 14th Mediterranean games Athletics day 2 events. Athletics - men's Triple Jump Gold medal for Italian Fabrizio Donato Tunis, Sept 12 (Tapex) Italian Fabrizio Donato won on Tuesday afternoon the gold medal of triple Jump at the 14th Mediterranean games Athletics day 1 events with a Jump of 17,5 m. Results: 1. Fabrizio Donato (Ita) 17,5 m Gold medal 2. Sebastien Pincemail (Fra) 16,58 m Silver medal 3. Raul Chapado (Spa) 16,41 m Bronze medal 4. Bostjan Simunic (Slo) 16,34 m 5. Karl Taillepierre (Fra) 16,00m 6. Abdallah Machraoui (Tun) 15,40 m 7. Stelios Kapsallis (Cyp) 15,30 m Athletics - women's 3000 m Steeplechase Gold medal for French Elodie Olivares, bronze medal for Tunisian Hana Chaouech Tunis, Sept 12 (Tapex) French Elodie Olivares won on Tuesday evening the gold medal of the women's 3000 Steeplechase at the 14th Mediterranean games Athletics day 1 events in 9'44''68. Results: 1. Elodie Olivares (Fra) 9'44''68 Gold medal 2. Laurence Duquenoy (Fra) 10'05''90 Silver medal 3. Hana Chaouech (Tun) 10'18''31 Bronze medal 4. Malika Ghariani (Tun) 10'38''65   Athletics - men's 800 m qualifiers Athletes qualified for final Tunis, Sept 12 (Tapex) Here is the list of Athletes qualified for the final of the men's 800 m at the 14th Mediterranean games Athletics events , after day 1 qualifiers on Tuesday evening : 1. Khalid Tirhazouine (Mor) 1'49''10 2. Juan Carlos Esteso (Spa) 1'49''59 3. Radwan Jaddoueh (Syr) 1'49''62 4. Franck Barre (Fra) 1'49''67 5. Andrea Giocondi (Ita) 1'49''97 6. Adem Hecini (Alg) 1'51''53 7. Nicolas Aissat (Fra) 1'51''67 8. Mohssin Cheihibi (Mor) 1'52''04 Athletics - women's 800 m qualifiers Athletes qualified for final Tunis, Sept 12 (Tapex) Tunisians Fatma Lanouar and Abir Nakhli have qualified on tuesday for the final of the women's 800 m , at the 14th Mediterranean games Athletics day 1 events , ranking 4th and 5th respectively. Athletes qualified for women's 800 m final: 1. Brigita Langerholc (Slo) 2'05''28 2. Tanya Balke (Mal) 2'05''43 3. Sureyya Ahyan (Tur) 2'05''48 4. Fatma Lanouar (Tun) 2'05''49 5. Abir Nakhli (Tun) 2'05''68 6. Seltana Ait Hammou (Mor) 2'05''89 7. Mina Ait Hamou (Mor) 2'06''40 8. Miriam Bravo (Spa) 2'06''66 Athletics - men's 100 m final Gold medal for Greek Aristotelis Gkavelas Tunis, Sept 12 (Tapex) Greek aristotelis Gkavelas won on Tuesday the gold medal at the men's 100 m final of the 14th Mediterranean games day 1 athletics events , in 10''14 . Results: 1. Aristotelis Gkavelas (Gre) 10''14 Gold medal 2. Maurizio Cicocci (Ita) 10''15 Silver medal 3. Anninos Marcoullides (Cyp) 10''21 Bronze medal 4. Francesco Scodari (Ita) 10''22   5. Dejan Vojnovic (Cro) 10''27   6. Matic Osovnikar (Slo) 10''32   7. Ogor Blasevic (Cro) 10''44   8. Alexandros Kontzos (Gre) 10''51   Athletics - women's 100 m final Gold medal for Turksih Nora Guner Tunis, Sept 12 (Tapex) Turkish Nora Guner won on Tuesday the gold medal of the women's 100 m at the 14th Mediterranean games day 1 competitions , in 11''25. Results: 1. Nora Guner (Tur) 11''25 Gold medal 2. Manuela Levatore (Ita) 11''25 Silver medal 3. Effrosini Patsou (Gre) 11''45 Bronze medal 4. Celine Thelamon (Fra) 11''56   5. Vucosava Djapic (Yug) 11''60   6. Aksel Gurcan (Tur) 11''74   7. Francesca Cola (Ita) 11''79   8. Syline Mballa (Fra) 11''92   Women's Volleyball final Italy wins gold medal Tunis, Sept, 12 (Tapex) The Italian women's Volleyball team won the gold medal of the women's Volleyball tournament at the 14th Mediterranean games after beating their Turkish counterpart 3/0 (25/09, 25/23, 25/18), at the final played on Tuesday evening. The bronze medal was awarded to france who beat greece on tuesday 3/1. Final standings : 1. italy gold medal 2. turkey silver medal 3. france bronze meda Women's Handball Spain V France at final Tunis, Sept, 12 (Tapex) The French and Spanish teams have qualified for the final of the women's Handball tournament of the 14th Mediterranean games after beating respectively Slovenia (23/16) and Yugoslavia (25/24) at semifinals played on Tuesday. The final is scheduled for today and the Yugoslav and Slovene teams will play for the bronze medal Golf : day 1 results Tunis, sept, 12 (Tapex) The Golf tournament of the 14th Mediterranean games started on Ttuesday in Hammamet with attendance of 49 Golfers (32 men and 17 women) representing 13 countries. The tournament includes an individual and a team event. Day 1 results : Men's : Individual event 1) Philippes Lima (France) 66 2) Edouard Molinari (Italy) 71 3) Slah Wallani (Tunisia) 74 Team event : 1) France 141 points 2) Italy 147 points 3) Lebanon 152 points Women's : 1) Marta Briallato (Spain) 74 points 2) Tania Elousagui (Spain) 75 points 3) Sophie Jiquel (France) 76 points 4) Faratolia Kalsa (Italy) 76 points Team event : 1) Spain 149 points 2) Italy 153 points 3) France 154 points Soccer (pool A) France and Tunisia qualified for semifinals Bizerte, Sept 12 (Tapex) France beat on Tuesday afternoon San Marino 6/0 at the 14th Mediterranean games Football tournament and qualified for semifinals. On the other hand, the Greek Football team beat their Libyan counterpart 1/0 on Tuesday afternoon in Sousse and in Light of this result, Turkey (1st of group B) and Tunisia , best 2nd (pool A) qualified in turn for semifinals. Women's pole vaulting Gold medal for Spanish Dana Cervantes Tunis, Sept. 11 (Tapex) Spanish Dana Cervantes won the Pole Vaulting gold medal thanks to a 4.10-metre Jump, as part of the Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games Athletics competition 1st day events, ahead of Greek Thaleia Iakovidou (silver medal with 4 m) and French Celine Poissonnier (bronze medal with 3.90 m). Tunisian Syrine Balti ranked 6th and last with 3.70 m. Here are the results: 1. Dana Cervantes (Spain) 4.10 m gold medal 2. Thaleia Iakovidou (Greece) 4 m silver medal 3. Celine Poissonnier (France) 3.90 m bronze medal 4. Georgia Tsilgkiri (Greece) 3.80 m 5. Naroa Aguirce (Spain) 3.80 m 6. Syrine Balti (Tunisia) 3.70 m Football - pool A France qualify for semi-finals Bizerte, Sept 11 (Tapex) France's under 23 team qualified for the semi-finals of the 14th Mediterranean games' Footbal tournament after beating San Marino's 6/0 in a pool A third day game played in Bizerte. The goals were scored by Nicolas Sahnoun (15 pen), Gael Hiroux (21, 31 pen), poutal (29,77) and delaporte (67). Men's 5000 m Algerian Mohamed Khaldi wins gold medal Tunis, Sept. 11 (Tapex) Algerian Mohamed Khaldi wins the gold medal of men's 5000 m after covering the distance in 14 min,06,30 sec in a 14th Mediterranean games' Athletics competition 1st day game held in El Menzah. Moroccan Mohamed amyn won the silver medal (14 min,06,73 sec) and Spanish Ricard Fernandez, the bronze one (14 min, 07,20 sec) Tunisians Ridha Amri and Hedi Khalfallah ranked 10th and 11th respectively Resultats 1. Mohamed Khaldi (Alg) 14'06''30 gold medal 2. Mohamed Amyn (Mor) 14'06''73 silver medal 3. Ricard Fernandez (Esp) 14'06''20 bronze medal 4. Ivan Hierro (Esp) 14'07''56 5. Salvatore Vincenti (Ita) 14'09''39 6. Khoudir Aggoune (Alg) 14'10''08 7. Mustapha Essaied (Fra) 14'12''76 8. Simone Zanon (Ita) 14'13''90 9. Rachid Chekhmani (Fra) 14'16''99 10. Ridha Amri (Tun) 14'19''92 11. Hedi Khalfallah (Tun) 14'23''52 12. Anastasios Fragos (Gre) 14'38''71 13. Mohamed Al Kafraini (Jor) 14'39''78 14. Antoni Bernando Planes (And) 14'51''62 Women's 100 m qualifiers Tunis, Sept. 11 (Tapex) Here is the list of the Athletes who qualified in Rrades, for women's 100 m finals, as part of the Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games Athletics competition 1st day events : 1st heat : 1. Nora Guner (Turkey) 10''98 2. Aksel Gurcan (Turkey) 11''61 2nd heat : 1. Manuela Levotore (Italy) 11''32 2. Vucosava Djapic (Yugoslavia) 11''46 3. Celine Thelamon (France) 11''56 3rd heat: 1. Effrosini Patsou (Greece) 11''52 2. Francesca Cola (Italy) 11''54 3. Syline Mballa (France) 11''63 Athletics : men's final of 400m Hurdles Greek Perikilis Iakovakis wins gold medal Tunis, Sept. 11 (Tapex) Greek Perikilis Iakovakis won the final of men's 400m Hurdles, by covering the distance in 50.21 sec, on Tuesday afternoon, as part of day 1 of the 14th Mediterranean games Athletics contest. Croatian Darko Juricic won the silver medal (50.35 sec) and Italian Laurent Ottoz the bronze medal (50.75 sec), whereas Tunisian Kamel Tabel ranked fourth (50.76 sec). Results 1. Perikilis Iakovakis (Gre) 50''21 gold medal 2. Darko Juricic (Cro) 50''35 silver medal 3. Laurent Ottoz (Ita) 50''75 bronze medal 4. Kamel Tabel (Tun) 50''76   5. Hani Murhej (Syr) 50''95   6. Jose Maria Romera (Spa) 51''32   7. Jean Laurent Heusse (Fra) 51''52   8. Costas Pochanis (Cyp) 51''56   Waterpolo (pool B)- 4th day France 9 Yugoslavia 7 Tunis, Sept. 11 (Tapex) France's national team beat Yugoslavia's 9/7 in a Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games Waterpolo tournament (pool B) 4th day game, played this evening at the Rades-based Olympic pool. Athletics - Women's discus finals Tunisian Monia Kari wins bronze medal Tunis, Sept. 11 (Tapex) Tunisian Monia Kari won a bronze medal at the 14th Mediterranean games Athletics' tournament discus throw event held in Rades with a 56.44-meter throw. The gold medal went to Greek Areti Ampatzi thanks to a 61,42-metre throw and the silver to Italian Agnesi Maffeis (57,38 m). Results: 1. Areti Ampatzi (Greece) 61,42 m gold medal 2. Agnesi Maffeis (Italy) 57,38 m silver medal 3. Monia Kari (Tunisia) 56,44 m bronze medal 4. Alice Matejkova (Spain) 56,23 m 5. VeraBegic (Croatia) 52,18 m 6. Heba Zaghary (Egypt) 47,76 m Athletics 400m Hurdle women (final) Gold medal for French Silvanie Morandis Tunis, Sept 11 (Tapex) France's Silvanie Morandis won the gold medal of 400 m hurdle (women), on Tuesday afternoon in Rades, as part of the 14th Mediterranean games athletics contests first day. The silver medal was won by Italian Monica Niederstater (57,22 sec) and the bronze medal by Slovenian Meta macus (59,30 sec). Tunisia Awatef Ben Hassine ranked 6th. Final results of 400 m hurdle (women) 1. Silvanie Morandis (Fra) 57''02 gold medal 2. Monica Niederstater (Ita) 57''22 silver medal 3. Meta Macus (Slo) 57''51 bronze medal 4. Androula Sialou (Cyp) 58''18   5. Viviane Dorsile (Fra) 58''27   6. Awatef Ben Hassine (Tun) 59''30   7. Miriam Alonso (Spa) 59''84   5. Christina Chantzi-Neagk (Gre) 61''30   Women's Handball Spain and France qualify for final Tunis, Sept. 11 (Tapex) The Spanish national women's team qualified for the final of the Ttunis-2001 Mediterranean games Handball tournament by beating their Yugoslav counterparts 25/24 (14/12, at half-time) in a second semi-final. The final is to oppose (14.00/gmt) Spain and France, which had beaten Solvenia 23/16 in the first semi-final. Women's Volletball France wins bronze medal Tunis, Sept. 11 (Tapex) The French national team won the bronze medal of the Tunis-2001 14th Mediterranean games Volleyball tournament by beating their Greek counterparts three sets to one (25-12, 22-25, 25-16, 27-25), in a standings game played in Sidi Bou Said. Waterpolo (pool B / day 4) Greece and Turkey draw game 7/7 Ttunis, Sept. 11 (Tapex) Greece and Turkey drew a game 7/7 in a Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games Waterpolo tournament (pool B) day 4 game, played in Rades. Men's Volleyball - standings game Yugoslavia / Greece 3-1 Tunis, Sept 11 (Tapex) Yugoslavia's national Volleyball team beat Greece's 3/1 (17-25, 25-14, 25-21, 25-22), in a 14th Mediterranean games men's Volleyball tournament standings game played Tuesday in La Goulette. Women's Handball France qualifies for final Tunis, Sept. 11 (Tapex) The French national women's team qualified for the final of the Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games Handball tournament by beating Solvenia's 23/16 (13/6, at half-time) in a semi-final. Men's Volleyball - Standings tournament Spain / Cyprus 3-0 Tunis, Sept. 11 (Tapex) Spain men's Volleyball team beat their Cypriot counterparts three sets to zero (25-19, 25-16, 26-24), as part of a standings contest for the 5th to 8th ranks of the 14th Mediterranean games, played on Tuesday at La Goulette. Men's Handball Standings games - 1st day Greece 32 Morocco 31 tunis, sept 11 (tapex) Greece's national men's Handball team beat Morocco's 32/31 (16/15 at halftime) in a 14th Mediterranean games men's Handball tournament 1st day standings games (9 to 12th place) played Tuesday in El Menzah. Men's Marathon Italian Sergio Chiesa won gold medal, Tunisian Mmohamed Sakri ranks 7th Tunis, Sept 11 (Tapex) Italian Sergio Chiesa won the gold medal of the 14th Mediterranean games day 1 Marathon competition covering the 42,5 km in 2h 21m 7s, this morning in rades. - Medals table : 1. Sergio Chiesa (Ita) 2h 21'07'' gold medal 2. Mostapha Al Damaoui (Mor) 2h 22'25 silver medal 3. Ali Mabrouk Al Zaidi (Libya) 2h 22'56'' bronze medal 4. Ahmed Soliman (Egy) 2h 23'49''   5. Azzeddijne Sakhri (Alg) 2h 24'58''   6. nicola ciavarella (Ita) 2h 25'41''   7. Mohamed Sakri (Tun) 2h 29'16''   8. Mounir Al Ouardi (Mor) 2h 29'56''   9. Gina Luigi Macin (St Marino) 2h 35'36''   10. Dimitrios Panagiotou (Cyp) 2h 38'39''   Athletics - women's Marathon Bronze medal for Sonia Agoun Tunis, Sept 11 (Tapex) Tunisian Sonia Agoun won the bronze medal of the 14th Mediterranean games women's Marathon in 2h 46m and 3s. The gold medal was won by Turkish Sizmaz Mehtap (2h 40m 49s) and the silver medal by her compatriot Serap Aktas (2h 43 m 18 s). Women's Handball Turkey ranks fifth Tunis, Sept, 11 (Tapex) The Turkish women's Handball team ranked fifth at the 14th Mediterranean games tournament after beating their Italian counterpart 31/30 (17-14 at halftime) at today's ranking game (5th to 6th rank). Athletics Men's 400m hurdles qualifiers : Tunisian Kamel Tabel qualifies for final Tunis, Sept, 11 (Tapex) Tunisian Kamel Tabel has qualified for the final of the men's 400 m hurdles as part of day 1 of the 14th Mediterranean games athletics events. Tabel ranked second in the second series of qualifiers in 51''78. Results of qualifiers : 1st series 1. Hani Murhej (Syr) 51''60 qualified 2. Laurent Ottoz (Ita) 51''71 qualified 3. Costas Pochanis (Cyp) 51''92 qualified 4. Jaime Juan (Spa) 51''93 5. Laurent Claudel (Fra) 52''62 2nd series : 1. Perikilis Iakovakis (Gre) 51''50 qualified 2. Kamel Tabel (Tun) 51''78 qualified 3. Jean Laurent Heusse (Fra) 51''79 qualified 4. Darko Juricic (Cro) 51''81 qualified 5. Jose Maria Romera (Spa) 51''81 qualified 6. Giorgio Frinolli (ita) 51''93 7. nabil salmi (alg) 52''01 8. zahreddine al najem (syr) 53''65 Athletics - women's 400m hurdles qualifiers Tunisian Awatef Ben Hassine qualifies for final Tunis, Sept 11 (Tapex) Tunisian Awatef Ben Hassine has qualified this morning for the final of the 14th Mediterranean games Athletics tournament women's 400m hurdles. Ben Hassine ranked third in the first series of qualifiers in 59''82. - Results of women's 400 m hurdles qualifiers : 1st series : 1. Meta Macus (Slo) 58''35 qualified 2. Viviane Dorsile (Fra) 58''53 qualified 3. Awatef Ben Hassine (Tun) 59''82 qualified 4. ave paniagua (spa) 60''60 5. hela ahmed (egy) 66''84 2nd series : 1. silvanie morandis (Fra) 58''11 qualified 2. Monica Niederstater (Ita) 58''19 qualified 3. Androula Aialou (Cyp) 58''79 qualified 4. Miriam Alonso (Spa) 59''98 qualified 5. Christina Chantzi-Neagk (Gre) 60''46 qualified Men's Sailing Results of 6th round Tunis, Sept, 11 (Tapex) Results and standings after the men's Sailing ''470'' round played on Monday as part of the 14th Mediterranean games : Results Men's 470 1. Kakis/Ozgonenc (Tur) 2. Zandona/Trani (Ita) 3. Bulaja Toni/Bulaja ivan (Cro) 4. Harbonnier/Christidis (Fra) 5. Diaz/Miranda (Spa) 6. Kambouridis/Lemanis (Gre) 7. Gal/Canellas (Spa) 8. Papadopoulos/Tarastamatis (Gre) 9. Novara/Lebessou (Fra) 10. Fonda/Baldin (Ita) 11. Pashias/Athanasiou (Cyp) General standings 1. Zandona/Trani (Ita) 8 2. Kakis/Ozgonenc (Ttur) 9 3. Charbonnier/Christidis (Fra) 14 4. Novara/Lebessou (Fra) 23 5. Bulaja Toni/bulaja Ivan (Cro) 24 6. Kambouridis/Lemanis (Gre) 29 7. Diaz/Miranda (Spa) 33 8. Papadopoulos/Tarastamatis (Gre) 34 9. Gallastegui/Canellas (Spa) 35 10. Fonda/Baldin (Ita) 46 11. Pashias/Athanasiou (Cyp) 50 36 medals for Tunisia so far Tunis, Sept, 11 (Tapex) Tunisia has won so far 36 medals (13 gold, 8 silver and 15 bronze) in the different competitions of the 14th Mediterranean games tournament. Gold medals : 13 =============== Weightlifting : Youssef Sebai (69 kg) - 2 gold medals - 147,5 kg at Snatch - 185 kg at Clean-And-Jerk Atef Jarray (62 kg) : 1 gold medal - 137,5 kg at Snatch Boxing : - Zied Sassi (50 kg) - Mohamed Sahraoui (81 kg) - Sami Jendoubi (91 kg) Women's Wrestling : - Saida Riabi (75) - Selma Ferchichi (56 kg) - Fadhila Louati (46 kg) Gymnastics : - Leonie Marzouk (Horse Vaulting) Karate - Hela Boudi (under 50 kg) - Wissem Arfaoui (under 70 kg) - Mohamed Monaam Hammouda (under 80 kg) silver : 8 =============== Weightlifting : - Mohamed Mejeri (150 kg at Snatch) - Mohamed Mejeri (182,5 kg at Clean-And-Jerk) Wrestling : - Amor Bachamba (85 kg) Bowls : - Walid Klai (Progressive Shot) Boxing : - Hassen Jelassi (54 kg) - Sami Khelifi (67 kg) - Idris Melki (57 kg) Karate : - Hannibal Jegham (80 kg) Bronze medals : 15 =============== Weightlifting : - Atef Jarray : Clean-And-Jerk (157,5 kg) Fencing : - Maher Ben Aziza (Foil) Swimming : - Oussama Mellouli : final of men's 400 m medley (4'25''20) Men's Wrestling : - Omrane Ayari (130 kg) Women's Wrestling : - Rim Garram (62 kg) Bowls (Threesome) - Tunisian Team Boxing : - Walid Cherif (48 kg) - Mourad Ouhichi (75 kg) - Mohamed Hamrani (91 kg) - Moez Zemzemi (51 kg) - Mohamed Ali Sassi (63,5 kg) - Mohamed Salah Marmouri (71 kg) Karate (under 60 kg) - Belhassen Gharbi - Saber Kriou (65 kg) - Faten El Heni (under 55) Men's Handball Day 3 results and standings Tunis, Sept 11 (Tapex) Here are the results and standings after the 14th Mediterranean games men's Handball tournament day 3 games played on Monday : Pool A - France beat Spain 22/17 Standings Points P 1- France 4 2 2- Spain 2 2 3- Greece 0 2 Pool B - Yugoslavia / Slovenia 24/24 Standings Points P 1- Yugoslavia 3 2 1st with goal difference 2- Slovenia 3 2 3- Morocco 0 2 Pool C - Croatia beat Algeria 25/23 Standings Points P 1- Croatia 4 2 2- Algeria 2 2 3- Turkey 0 2 Pool D - Tunisia / Italy 28/22 Standings Points P 1- Tunisia 4 2 2- Italy 2 2 3- Syria 0 2 Quarter finals fixtures : - Sept 12 : France V Slovenia Yugoslavia V Spain Tunisia V Algeria Italy V Croatia Women's Basketball Croatia wins gold medal Tunis, Sept 11 (Tapex) The Croatian women's Basketball team won the gold medal of the 14th Mediterranean games Basketball tournament after beating at final their Italian counterpart 71/62 (37-33 at halftime) on Monday evening in Rades. Croatia thus keeps its Mediterranean title won in bari in 1997. - Final standings : 1. Croatia gold medal 2. Italy silver medal 3. Spain bronze medal Soccer Italy beat Algeria and qualified for semifinals Sfax, Sept 11 (Tapex) The Italian Football team beat on Monday evening in Sfax their Aalgerian counterpart 2/1 at the 14th Mediterranean games Football tournament group C 3rd and last day game . at halftime, Italy was leading 1/0. - Final standings in group C :   Pts P W D L Gf Ga 1/ Italy 6 2 2 0 0 4 2 2/ Morocco 3 2 1 0 1 6 4 3/ Algeria 0 2 0 0 2 3 7 Women's Volleyball Italy and Turkey qualified for final Tunis, Sept 11 (Tapex) The Italian women's Volleyball team qualified for the final of the 14th Mediterranean games Volleyball tournament after beating their Greek counterpart 3/0 (25-17, 25-20, 25-16) on Monday evening in Sidi Bou Said. Italy will play at final Turkey who qualified after a win over France 3/0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-20) . Men's Volleyball Tunisia qualified for semifinals Tunis, Sept 11 (Tapex) The Tunisian men's Volleyball team qualified for the semifinals of the 14th Mediterranean games Volleyball tournament after beating at quarter finals their Greek counterpart 3/0 (23-25, 25-19, 25-13, 25-13) on Monday evening in La Goulette. - Fixtures for semifinals (Sept 12) La Goulette Turkey V Italy Tunisia V France Karate Tunisia wins three gold medals and ranks second at general standings Tunis, Sept, 11 (Tapex) Tunisia won three gold medals at the 14th Mediterranean games Karate tournament. The medals were Awarded to Wissam Arfaoui (20 years old / under 75 kg), Moneem Hamouda (21 / under 80 kg) and hela boudi (23 / under 50 kg). Moreover, Hannibal Jegham won a silver medal ( over 80 kg) and Saber Kriou (65 kg), Belhassen Gharbi (under 60 kg) and Faten Hani (under 55 kg) won bronze medals. Complete results of Karate tournament : Men's ( Under 60 kg) 1.Abdellatif Dini (France) gold medal 2. Francesco Luca (Italy) silver medal 3. Idris Manani (Morocco) bronze medal (Under 65 kg) 1. Alexandre Biamonti (France) 2. Andrea Calzola (Italy) 3. Saber Kriou (Tunisia) -. Ahsraf Fenoun (Yugoslavia) (Under 70 kg) 1. Ridha Belhassen (France) 2. Oscar Vazquez (Spain) 3. Mohamed Elshemy (Egypt) -. Corrado Ferrara (Italy) (Under 75 kg) 1.Wissem Arfaoui (Tunisia) 2. Ahmed El Sayed (Egypt) 3. Adnan Hadzic (Bosnia) -. Stefanos Tetelenis (Grecee) (Under 80 kg) 1. Mohamed Monem Hammouda (Tunisia) 2. Salvatore Loria (Italy) 3. Yann Baillon (France) -. Tarek Admane (Algeria) (Over 80 kg) 1. Seydina Balde (France) 2. Hannibal Jegham (Tunisia) 3. Davide Benetello (Italy) -. Arnel Kalusic (Bosnia) 1. Konstantinos Papadopoulos (Greece) 2. Predrag Stojadinov (Yugoslavia) 3. Felix David (France) -. Okay Appa (Turkey) Women's (Under 50 kg) 1. Hela Boudi (Tunisia) 2. Michella Nanni (Italy) 3. Hiba Ali (Egypt) -. Matia Bokonovic (Slovenia) (Under 55 kg) 1. Estefania Garcia (Spain) 2. Roberta Sodero (Italy) 3. Faten Heni (Tunisia) -. Lana Sanja Susovic (Croatia) (Under 60 kg) 1. Nathalie Leroy (France) 2. Doaa Abdelaziz (Egypt) 3. Noelia Fernandez (Spain) -. Snezana Peric (Yugoslavia) (Under 65 kg) 1. Gloria Casanova (Spain) 2. Patricia Cherreau (France) 3. Roberta Minet (Italy) -. Sra Pekovic (Yugoslavia) (Over 65 kg) 1. Theodora Tougeni (Greece) 2. Laurence Fisher (France) 3. Vanja Vrovac (Yugoslavia) -. Rym Draoui (Algeria) Water Polo (Day 3 ) France and Italy qualified for semifinals Tunis, Sept, 11 (Tapex) France and Italy have qualified for the semifinals of the 14th Mmediterranean games Water Polo tournament after Monday's pool A day 3 game. Italy beat Slovenia 9/4 and ranks on top of group A together with world champion Spain who beat Tunisia 19/1. In group B , the Yugoslav team beat their Croatian counterpart 5/3 and France achieved a first win. Technical results of first three days : Day 3 : Pool A Italy / Slovenia 9 - 4 Spain / Tunisia 19 - 1 Pool B Yugoslavia / Croatia 5 - 3 France / Turkey 11 - 7 Already played : Day 2 : Pool A Spain / Slovenia 10 - 5 Italy / Tunisia 19 - 4 Pool B Yugoslavia / Greece 8 - 4 Croatia / France 5 - 3 Day 1 : Pool A Italy / Spain 8 - 6 Slovenia / Tunisia 10 - 1 Pool B Yugoslavia / Turkey 16 - 3 Croatia / Greece 4 - 3 General standings after day 3 games : Pool A 1. Italy 4 -. Spain 2 3. Slovenia 2 4. Tunisia 0 Pool B 1. Yugoslavia 6 2. Croatia 4 3. Tturkey 0 4. Greece 0 Table Tennis (Singles) Results of qualifiers Tunis, Sept, 11 (Tapex) The table Tennis tournament of the 14th Mediterraneann games started on Monday in Tunis. Tunisian Jihene Belkehia has qualified for the last 8 after beating Algerian Souad Necheb 4/0 and losing to Italian Alessia Arisi 4/0. The first two players of each pool qualify for the following round. Results of qualifiers : Men's singles : Pool A : Surbek Dragutin (Cro) Damien Eloi (Fra) Pool B : Atakan Sunay (tur) Yang Min (Ita) Pool C : Slobodan Grujic (Yu) Dorian Quentel (Fra) Pool D : Aleksandaf Karakasevic (Yu) Sasa Ionjatovic (Slo) Pool E : Roco Tosic (Slo) Daniel Torres (Spa) Pool F : Carlos Machado (Spa) Valentino Paicentini (Ita) Pool G : Bojan Tokic (Slo) Ionnis Vlotinos (Gre) Pool H : Gkionis Panagiotis (Gre) Yaldiz Gurhan (Tur) Women's singles : Pool A : Tamara Boros (Cro) Alkaterini Antoulaki (Gre) Pool B : Jihane Belkahia (Tun) Alessia Arisi (Ita) Pool C : Eldijana Aganovic (Cro) Jessica Fernandez (Spa) Pool D : Nevin Mutlu (Tur) Petra Dermastua (Slo) Pool E : Laura Negrisoli (Ita) Biljana Golic (Yu) Pool F : Gordana Plavsic (Yu) Alba Prades (Spa) Pool G : Anne-Sophie Gourin (Fra) Helena Halas (Slo) Pool H : Agathe Costes (Fra) Tunisia and Senegal, equally placed African champions Tunis, Sept. 10 (Tapex) Tunisia and Senegal are equally placed as the African Taekwondo champions (all catgories included), as part of the 6th edition of this event held in Dakar, the Senegalese Capital, on the 7th-9th instant. During these Championships, Tunisia won 4 gold medals and as many bronze. the gold medals went to Neila Chaouachi (under 55 kg), Mohamed Omrani (under 67 kg), Lobna Ayari (under 47 kg) and Souheil Hammami (under 84 kg). The bronze went to Mohamed Amine Amri (under 58 kg), Monia Mezrigui (under 51 kg), Hichem Hamdoun (under 72 kg) and Ahmed Hosni (under 54 kg). Men's Handball - day 3 pool D Tunisia beats Italy (28/22) and qualifies for quarter-finals Tunis, Sept. 10 (Tapex) Tunisian national men's Handball team qualifeid for the quarter-finals of the 14th Mediterranean games tournament, by winning their second victory against their Italian counterparts 28/22 (14/8 at half-time), in a game played on Monday Evening. Tunisia, who had won their first game on Sunday against Syria (29/22), is leader of pool D, ahead of Italy (second) who also qualified for the quarter-finals. The Tunisian national team will play in the quarter-finals the winner of pool C's game opposing Algeria and Croatia. Waterpolo - day 3 (pool B) France - Turkey 11/7 Tunis, Sept. 10 (Tapex) France's national Waterpolo team beat their Turkish counterparts 11/7 in a pool B match played at the Rades-Based Olympic Swimming pool, as part of the Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games. Women's Basketball standings game Spain / turkey 72 - 71 bronze medal for Spain Tunis, Sept. 10 (Tapex) The Spanish women's national team won the bronze medal of the 14th Mediterranean games Basketball tournament, by beating their Turkish counterpart by 72 to 71 (47/40 at halftime) in a standings game played on Monday in Rades. Sailing- men's mistral Results of round 6 Tunis, Sept. 10 (Tapex) Results of round 6 of the Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games men's mistral contest : 1. Julien Bomptemps (France) 2. Chrysochoy Loannis (Greece) 3. Foued Ourabi (Tunisia) 4. Abdennaceur Goudjil (Algeria) 5. Alex Guayder (France) 6. Icingir Ertugrul (Turkey) 7. Geogios Fragos (Greece) 8. Ivan Pastor Lafuente (Spain) 9. Bilel Boussif (Tunisia) 10. Francesco Manchon (Spain) 11. Erkoca Tayfun (Turkey) 12. Andreas Carriolo (Cyprus) 13. Riccardo Giordano (Italy) 14. Andrea Ferin (Italy) 15. Mehdi Bouchema (Algeria) Sailing - men's laser Round 6 results Ttunis, Sept. 10 (Tapex) Results for the 6th round of the Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games men's laser Sailing event : 1. Evangelos Cheimonas (Greece) 2. Diego Negri (Italy) 3. Marin Misura (Croatia) 4. Mate Arapov (Croatia) 5. Vasilij Zbogar (Slovenia) 6. Antonis Manolakis (Greece) 7. Michele regolo (Italy) 8. Xavier Leclerc (France) 9. Luis Martines Doreste (Spain) 10. Kemal Muslubas (Turkey) 11. Ali Kemal Tufekci (Turkey) 12. Mariano Sarmentio (Spain) 13. Constantinos Economides (Cyprus) 14. Kacem Ben Jemia (Tunisia) 15. Ali Taktak (Tunisia) 16. Mario Aquilina (Malta) 17. Mohamed Ali Soukeur (Algeria) Sailing - women's ''470'' General standings after round 6 Tunis, Sept. 10 (Tapex) General standings following the 6th round of women's ''470'' Sailing contest played on Monday as part of the 14th Mediterranean games: General standings: Women's ''470'' 1. Petit Jean/Douroux (Fra) 9 2. Dimitra/Kourkoulou (Gre) 9 3. Le Berre/Riou (Fra) 11 4. Carcasole/Fiorentino (Ita) 21 5. Altani/Gioka (Gre) 22 6. Richelli/Mariani (Ita) 25 7. Tutzo/Corbella (Spa) 28 Sailing - women's ''470'' Round 6 results Tunis, Sept 10 (Tapex) Results of round 6 of women's ''470'' Sailing contest held as part of the 14th Mediterranean games: Results: Women's ''470'' 1. Petit Jean/Douroux (Fra) 2. Dimitra/Kourkoulou (Gre) 3. Danezi/Gioka (Gre) 4. Richelli/Mariani (Ita) 5. Le Berre/Riou (Fra) 6. Carcasole/Fiorentino (Ita) Sailing - women's laser radial General standings following 6 round Tunis, Sept. 10 (Tapex) General standings following round 6 of the Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games women's laser radial Sailing contest: 1. Larissa Nevierov (Italy) 8 points 2. Sophie de Turckheim (France) 9 3. Solenne Brain (France) 17 4. Alicia Cebrian (Spain) 19 5. Olga Papadoki (Greece) 19 6. Malli Triautafilia (Greece) 26 7. Myriam Meliani (Tunisia) 33 8. Chacha Atallah (Tunisia) 37 Sailing - men's mistral Standings following round 6 Tunis, Sept. 10 (Tapex) General standings following round 6 of men's Sailing mistral contest of the 14th Mediterranean games tournament: Standings points 1. Julien Bomptemps (Fra) 5 2. Alex Guayder (Fra) 11 3. Icingir Ertugrul (Tur) 19 4. Ivan Pastor Lafuente (Spa) 19 5. Chrysochoy Loannis (Gre) 23 6. Abdennaceur Goudjil (Alg) 33 7. Geogios Fragos (Gre) 36 8. Francesco Manchon (Spa) 36 9. Riccardo Giordano (Ita) 39 10. Bilel Boussif (Tun) 41 11. Foued Ourabi (Tun) 45 12. Andreas Carriolo (Cyp) 53 13. Erkoca Tayfun (Tur) 61 14. Andrea Ferin (Ita) 68 15. Mehdi Bouchema (Alg) 74 Sailing/women's laser radial Results following round 6 Tunis, Sept. 10 (Tapex) Results for round 6 of women's Laser Radial Sailing contest, held as part of the Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games: 1. Alicia Cebrian (Spain) 2. Larissa Nevierov (Italy) 3. Olga Papadoki (Greece) 4. Sophie De Turckheim (France) 5. Myriam Meliani (Tunisia) 6. Solenne Brain (France) 7. Chacha Atallah (Tunisia) 8. Malli Triautafilia (Greece) Sailing - women's mistral General standings following 6th round Tunis, Sept. 10 (Tapex) General standings following today's round 6 of the women's mistral contest of the 14th Mediterranean games' Sailing tournament. sgeneral standings Women's mistral: points 1. Alessandra Sensini (Ita) 6 2. Lise Vidal (Fra) 8 3. Eugenie Raffin (Fra) 15 4. Angeliki Skarlatou (Gre) 20 5. Maria Andres Castro (Spa) 24 6. Blanka Mancho (Spa) 28 7. Marta Cammarano (Ita) 35 8. Ines Chakroun (Tun) 41 9. Georgia Aureadov (Gre) 48 10. Younsi Nada (Alg) 53 11. Sarrah Bellagha (tun) 55 Sailing - women's mistral Round 6 results Tunis, Sept. 10 (Tapex) Results of round 6 of the women's mistral contest of the 14th Mediterranean Sailing tournament. Round 6 results : Women's mistral: 1. Alessandra Sensini (Ita) 2. Lise Vidal (Fra) 3. Angeliki Skarlatou (Gre) 4. Eugenie Raffin (Fra) 5. Blanka Mancho (Spa) 6. Maria Andres Castro (Spa) 7. Marta Cammarano (Ita) 8. Georgia Aureadov (Gre) 9. Ines Chakroun (Tun) 10. Sarrah Bellagha (Tun) Sailing - men's laser Standings after 6th round Tunis, Sept. 10 (Tapex) Here are the general standings following round 6 of men's Sailing-laser tournament of the 14th Mediterranean games, played on Monday : Standings after 6th round : Men's laser: points 1. Mate Arapov (Cro) 9 2. Diego Negri (Ita) 12 3. Vasilij Zbogar (Slo) 14 4. Luis Martines Doreste (Spa) 24 5. Evangelos Cheimonas (Gre) 25 6. Ali Kemal Tufekci (Tur) 33 7. Marin Misura (Cro) 33 8. Xavier Leclerc (Fra) 35 9. Felix Pruvot (Fra) 38 10. Michele Regolo (Ita) 39 11. Kemal Muslubas (Tur) 40 12. Antonis Manolakis (Gre) 47 13. Mariano Sarmentio (Spa) 53 14. Constantinos Economides (Cyp) 71 15. Kacem Ben Jemia (Tun) 72 16. Mario Aquilina (Mal) 73 17. Ali Taktak (Tun) 79 18. Tahar Selmane (Alg) 85 19. Adrian Borda (Mal) 86 20. Mohamed Ali Soukeur (Alg) 87 Karate- women's open Gold medal for Turkish Yildiz Aras Tunis, Sept. 10 (Tapex) Turkish Karateka Yildiz Aras won the gold medal of the Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games women's open tournament by beating, in the final, Greek Theodora Dougeni 4/0. The greek athlete won the silver medal, ahead of bronze medallists, French Nathalie Leroy and Yugoslav Mitic. For her part, Tunisian Mouna Ayat had beaten Moroccan Bouchra Zarkil (2-1) in eighth finals, before losing game to Yugoslav Mitic 0/1 in a quarter-finals match. Over 80 kg category results: Guarter-finals: Yldiz Aras (Turkey) beat Nathalie Leroy (France) 0/0 Hiba aly (Egypt) beat Elbina Dzafic (Bosnia) 4/0 Theodora Dougeni (Greece) beat Sierra Escalada (Spain) 1/0 Mitic (Yugoslavia) beat Mouna aAyat (Tunisia) 1/0 Semi-finals: Yldiz Aras (Turkey) beat Hiba Aly (Egypt) 9/0 Theodora Dougeni (Greece) beat Mitic (Yugoslavia) 1/0 Repechage heats for bronze medals: Nathalie Leroy (France) beats Hiba Aly (Egypt) 5/3 Mitic (Yugoslavia) beats Sierra Escalada (Spain) 3/2 Final: Yldiz Aras (Turkey) beats Theodora Dougeni (Greece) 4/0 Final standings: 1. Yldiz Aras (Turkey) gold medal 2. Theodora Dougeni (Dreece) silver medal 3. Nathalie Leroy (France) bronze medal -. Mitic (Yugoslavia) bronze medal Volley-ball - women Turkey through to final Tunis, Sept. 10 (Tapex) Turkey's national women's Volleyball team qualified for the final of the Tunis-2001 14th Mediterranean games by beating their French counterparts in three sets (25-23, 25-23, 25/20) in a semi-finals game. Handball (men)- day 3 pool A France beats spain 22/17 Tunis, Sept. 10 (Tapex) The French national men's team beat their Spanish counterparts 22/17 (12/9 at half-time) in a Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games' handball tournament (pool a) day-3. Waterpolo - day 3 pool A Spain beats Tunisia 17/1 Tunis, Sept. 10 (Tapex) Spain's national team beat their Tunisian counterparts 17/1 in a day-3 game of the 14th Mediterranean games' Waterpolo tournament, played in Rades. karate (women) over 65 kg Greek Dougeni wins gold medal Tunis, Sept 10 (Tapex) Greek Theodora Dougeni won the gold medal of the karate tournament in the over 65kg category by beating in final French Laurence Fischer, silver medallist, (1-0) on Monday afternoon in El Menzeh as part of the 14th Mediterranean games. The first bronze medal went to Yugoslav Vanja Vrhovac who beat Tunisian Afef Guerfel at the first repechage fight (2/1) and the second bronze medal went to Algerian Rym Draoui after beating Moroccan Meknouzi (3-1). Results of over 65 kg category: Quarter-finals: Afef Guerfal (Tun) beat Sottanelli (Ita) 3-2 Tougeni (Gre) beat Vanja Vrhovac (Yug) 2-1 Meknouzi (Mor) beat Meral Olmez (Tur) 4-1 Laurence Fissher (Fr) beat Rym Draoui (Alg) 9-1 Semi-finals: Ttougeni (Gre) beat Guerfal (Tun) 4-2 Fisher (Fra) beat Meknouzi (Mor) 5-1 Repechage fights for bronze medals: Vrhovac (Yug) beat Guerfal (Tun) 2-1 Rym Draoui (Alg) beat Meknouzi (Mor) 3-1 Final: Tougeni (gre) beat fisher (fra) 1-0 Final standings: 1. Theodora Tougeni (Gre) gold medal 2. Laurence Fisher (Fra) silver medal 3. Vanja Vrovac (Yug) bronze medal -. Rym Draoui (Alg) bronze medal Volleyball (men) - quarter-finals (2nd game) France beats Yougoslavia 3/2 Tunis, Sept. 10 (Tapex) France's national team qualified for the semi-finals of the 14th Mediterranean games men's Volleyball tournament after beating their Yugoslav counterparts three sets to two (19/25, 21/25, 25/21, 26/24, 15/1) in a quarter-finals game played in La Goulette. Volleyball (women) - standings game Spain ranks fifth Tunis, Sept. 10 (Tapex) Spanish women's team ranked 5th in the 14th Mediterranean games Volleyball tournament after having beaten their Yugoslav counterparts three sets to zero (25-0, 26-24, 25-23) in a standings game (5th to 6th rank), played in Sidi Bou Said. Handball (men)/ 3rd day (pool b) Yugoslavia and Slovenia draw 24/24 Tunis, Sept. 10 (Tapex) Yugoslavia and Slovenia drew 24/24 (11/13 at half-time) in a Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games Handball tournament (men) 3rd day game. Women's Handball-5th day- pool b Slovenia / Yugoslavia 36-27 Tunis, Sept 10 (Tapex) Slovenia's national women's Handball team beat Yugoslavia's 36/27 (19/12 at halftime) in a 14th Mediterranean games women's Handball tournament pool b first round 5th and last day game played Monday in Ariana. Slovenia who ranked first in pool b and Yugoslavia who ranked second have qualified for the semi-finals. Men's Handball - 1st round Tunisia qualify for quarter finals Tunis, Sept 10 (Tapex) Tunisia's national Handball qualified for the quarter finals of a 14th Mediterranean games' men's Handball tournament after beating Syria's 29/22 (13/12) 1st round group d game played Sunday evening in El Menzah. The tournament is made up of four groups including 3 team each. The teams ranking first and second qualify for the quarter finals. Syria who lost game in the first game to Italy is eliminated. Results and standings at the end of second day: Groupe A : France - Greece 30-12 Points played 1) France 2 1 2) Spain 2 1 3) Greece 0 2 Group B : Yugoslavia - Morocco 33-25 Points played 1) Yugoslavia 2 1 2) Slovenia 2 1 3) Morocco 0 2 Groupe C : Algeria - Turkey 35-24 Points played 1) Algeria 2 1 2) Croatia 2 1 3) Turkey 0 2 Group D Tunisia - Syria 29-22 Points played 1) Tunisia 2 1 2) Italy 2 1 3) Syria 0 2 Men's Karate over 80 kg Silver medal for Tunisian Hanibal Jegham Tunis, Sept 10 (Tapex) Tunisian Hannibal Jegham won a silver medal at the 14th Mediterranean Games men's Karate tournament (over 80 kg) after his loss to French Seydina Balde in a final game held this morning at El Menzah. The two bronze medals were won by Italian Davide Benetello and Bosnian Arnel Kalusic Karate 80 kg Gold medal for Tunisian Hamouda Tunis, sept 10 (tapex) Tunisian Mohamed Monem Hamouda (80 kg) won the gold medal of the 14th mediterranean games karate tournament 80 kg after beating this morning in final italian salvatore loria (silver medal). The two bronze medals were won by french yann baillon and Algerian Adnene Tarek. Women's Handball - Pool B - Tunisia / Greece 22-22 Tunis, Sep 10 (Tapex) Tunisia's women's Handball team and Greece's drew a game 22/2 (12/11 at halftime) in a 14th Mediterranean Games women's Handball tournament pool B 5th and last day game played in Ariana. Women's Basketball Croatia qualify for finals Tunis, Sept 10 (Tapex) Croatia's national women's team qualified for the final of the 14th Mediterranean games women's Basketball tournament after beating Turkey's 86/72 (32/42 in the first half) in a semi-final game played Sunday Evening. Croatia will play in the finals versus Italy who defeated Spain's 72/66 (40/24 at halftime) in the other semi-final game played Sunday in Rades. Women's Karate under 65 kg Gold medal for Spanish Gloria Casanova Tunis, Sept 10 (Tapex) Spanish Gloria Casanova won the gold medal of the 14th Mediterranean Games women's Karate tournament final under 65 kg after beating at El Menzah, French Patricia Chereau 1/0 (silver medal). The two bronze medals were won by Italian Roberta Minet Du and Yugoslav Sara Pekovic. Women's Volleyball / game for 9th place Albania beat San Marino 3/0 Tunis, Sept 10 (Tapex) Albania's women's Volleyball team beat San Marino's 3/0 (25/17, 25/19 and 25/19) at the 14th Mediterranean Games women's Volleyball tournament game played in Sidi Bou Said, thus ranking 9th at the general standings. Waterpolo - Pool A - Italy 9 Slovenia 4 Tunis, Sept 10 (Tapex) Italy's Waterpolo team beat Slovenia's 9/4, in a 14th Mediterranean Games Waterpolo tournament pool a third day game played in Radès. - Pool B - Yugoslavia/Croatia 5/3 Yugoslavia's national Waterpolo team beat Croatia's 5/3 in a 14th Mediterranean games Waterpolo tournament pool B third day game played in Radès. Women's Volleyball- /Group A and B/ Results Tunis, Sept 10 (Tapex) Results of 14th Mediterranenan Games women's Volleyball tournament 5th day games played Sunday: Pool A: Turkey - Greece 3/1 Spain - Albania 3/0 Pool B: Yugoslavia - San Marino 3/0 France - Croatia 3/1 Women's Volleyball-game for 7th place Tunisia rank eighth Tunis, Sept 10 (Tapex) Tunisia's national women's Volleyball team ranked eighth at the 14th Mediterranean Games Volleybal tournament after losing game to Croatia's 3/0 (21/25, 21/25, 15/25) in a game for the 7th place played in sidi bousaid. Men's Volleyball -quarter finals- Turkey/Cyprus 3-0 Tunis, Sept 10 (Tapex) Turkey's national men's Volleyball team qualified for the semi-finals of the 14th Mediterranean games men's Volleyball tournament after beating Cyprus' 3/0 (25/18, 25/11, 25/14) in a quarter final game played Monday in La Goulette. Men's Basketball Spain win gold medal Tunis, Sept 9 (Tapex) Spain won the gold medal of the 14th Mediterranean games' Basketball tournament after beating Greece's 72/31 in a final game played Sunday in Nabeul. Final standings: 1. Spain gold medal 2. Greece silver medal 3. Italy bronze medal Tunisian medals Tunis, Sep 8 (Tapex) Here are the medals won by Tunisia at the 14th Mediterranean Games after day 5 games played on friday: Gold medals: Weightlifting: Youssef Sebai (69 kg): two gold medals Atef Jarray (62 kg): a gold medal Women's wrestling: Saida Riabi (75) Selma Ferchichi (56 kg) Fadhila Louati (46 kg) Gymnastics: Leonie Marzouk (vaulting horse) Silver Medals: Weightlifting: Mohamed Mejeri (150 kg at snatch) Mohamed Mejeri (182,5 kg at clean-and-jerk) Wrestling: Amor Bachamba (85 kg) Bowls: Walid klai Bronze medals: Weightlifting: Atef Jarray ( 157,5 kg at clean-and jerk). Fencing: Maher Ben Aziza: bronze medal (foil) Swimming: Oussama Mellouli: at the men's 400 m medlay final in 4'25''20. Men's Wrestling: Omrane Ayari (130 kg) Women's Wrestling: Rim Garram (62 kg) Bowls-Triples: The Tunisian team Boxing: Walid Cherif (48 kg) Mourad Ouhichi (75 kg) Mohamed Hamrani (91 kg) Moez Zemzemi (51 kg) Mohamed Ali Sassi (63.5 kg) Mohamed Salah Marmouri (71 kg) Medals Table after day 5 games Tunis, Sep 8 (Tapex) Here is the medals table after the 14th Mediterranean Games day 5 games played on friday: Country Gold Silver Bronze 1.Spain 21 14 20 2.Greece 17 21 13 3.Turkey 15 7 5 4.Italy 14 28 20 5.France 12 12 16 6.Tunisia 7 4 6 7.Croatia 4 2 3 8.Slovenia 3 2 3 9.Algeria 3 1 1 10.Egypt 2 6 8 11.Morocco 1 0 2 12.Syria 0 1 3 13.Yugoslavia 0 1 2 14.Cyprus 0 1 1 15.Albania 0 1 0 Women's Handball - Pool A/Pool B Spain beat Italy 38-17 Tunisia/Yugoslavia 23/23 Tunis, Sep 8 (Tapex) The spanish women's Handball team beat their Italian counterpart 38/17 (18-5 at half time) at the 14th Mediterranean Games women's Handball tournament day 2 pool A game played on Friday at the Ariana. Besides, the Tunisian women's Handball team and that of Yugoslavia drew a day 2 pool B game played on Friday evening at the Ariana. New mediterranean records in swimming tournament Tunis, Sep 8 (Tapex) Here are the new 21 records of the 14th Mediterranean Games swimming tournament held sep 3-7 in Rades: Men's 100 m Freestyle: Salim iles (Alg) 49'91'' Women's 200 m Breaststroke: Chiara Biggiatto (Ita) 2'3''00 Women's 400 m Freestyle: Anja Karma (Slo) 4'13''89 Men's 4x100 m Medlay relay: Italy 3'42''49 Women's 4x100 m Medlay relay: Spain 4'12''12 Women's 400 m Medlay: Paula Carballido (Spa) 4'46''64 Men's 200 m Butterfly: Franck Esposito (fra) 1'58''97 Women's 4x100 m Relay Freestyle: Spain: 3'48''26 Men's 4x200 m Freestyle: Greece: 7'23''33 Men's 200 m Breaststroke: Michele Vancini (Ita) 2'13''08 Tennis - Men's singles final - Greek Ekonomidis won gold medal Tunis, Sep 8 (Tapex) Greek Kostantinos Economidis won the gold medal of the 14th Mediterranean Games tennis tournament men's singles by beating in the final Italian Leonardo Azzaro 2/1 (6/4, 6/7, 6/3) on Friday evening at El Menzah. Final standings of men's singles: 1. Kostantinos Economidis (Gre) gold medal 2. Leonardo Azzaro (Ita) silver medal 3. Mehdi Tahiri (Mor) bronze medal Men's Volleyball - Pool D - Yugoslavia beat Albania 3-0 Tunis, Sep 8 (Tapex) The Yugoslav men's Volleyball team beat their Albanian counterpart 3/0 (25-23, 25-14, 25-11) at the 14th Mediterranean Games men's Volleyball tournament pool D, in a day 2 game played. Men's Volleyball - Pool C - Greece beat Saint-Marin 3-0 Tunis, Sep 8 (Tapex) The Greek men's Volleyball team beat their counterpart of Saint-Marino 3/0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-22) at the 14th Mediterranean Games men's Volleyball tournament pool C, in a day 2 game played on Friday at La Goulette. Men's free Wrestling Egyptian El Osta beat Spanish Diaz Tunis, Sep 8 (Tapex) Egyptian wrestler Hassan El Osta (63 kg) beat his Spanish counterpart Robin Diaz 6/1 at the 14th Mediterranean Games men's free wrestling tournament in a Repechage game played on Friday at El Menzah. El Osta is opposed this morning Tunisian Abdelkader Jaidi in a bout after which the winner will qualify for this afternoon's semi-finals. Waterpolo Italy beat Spain 8/6 Tunis, Sep 8 (Tapex) The Italian Waterpolo team beat their Spanish counterpart 8/6 at the 14th Mediterranean games Waterpolo tournament day-1 pool-A game, played this morning in Rades. Men's free Wrestling (76 kg) Bronze medal for Italian Salvatore Rinella Italian wrestler Salvatore Rinella won the bronze medal of the 14th Mediterranean Games men's free Wrestling tournament (76 kg) after beating Tunisian Ibrahim Jebali 5/0 at a ranking game at El Menzah. (69 kg) Bronze medal for Greek Komoridis Greek Wrestler Theodiris Komoridis won the bronze medal of the 14th Mediterranean games men's free Wrestling tournament (69kg) after beating Tunisian Jaber Dridi 6/4 at a ranking game played at El Menzah. (97 kg) Bronze medal for Turkish Kasim Sakiroglum Turkish Wrestler Kasim Sakiroglum won the bronze medal of the 14th Mediterranean games men's free Wrestling tournament (97 kg) after beating Syrian Jalel Baer 10/0 at a ranking game played at El Menzah. (58 kg) Bronze medal for Egyptian Aly Abou Taleb Egyptian Wrestler Aly Abou Taleb won the bronze medal of the 14th Mediterranean Games men's free Wrestling tournament 58 kg after beating Algerian Mohamed Ben Hamadi 4/0 at a ranking game at El Menzah. 85 kg Bronze medal for Italian Angelo Camarda Italian Wrestler Angelo Camarda won the bronze medal of the 14th Mediterranean games men's free Wrestling tournament 85 kg after beating Tunisian Mohamed Ali Bouzaiane 9/0 at a ranking game this morning at El Menzah. (63 kg) Greek Aslanasvili and Italian Scafini qualified for finals Greek Wrestler Bezik Aslanasvili and Italian Orazio Scafini qualified for the 14th Mediterranean Games men's free Wrestling tournament 63 kg final after beating in semi-finals Turkish Omer Cubucku 3/1 and Spanish Ruben Diaz 8/5, respectively at El Menzah. Waterpolo (Pool B) Croatia beat Greece 4-3 Tunis, Sep 8 (Tapex) The Croatian Waterpolo team beat their Greek counterpart 4/3 at the 14the Mediterranean Games Waterpolo contest day-1 pool-b played this morning in Rades. Men's Weightlifting (over 105 kg) Two gold medals for Turkish Alpak Tunis, Sep 8 (Tapex) Turkish Weightlifter Abdulaziz Alpak won two gold medals of the 14the Mediterranean games Weightlifting tournament (over 105 kg) in the 6th and last day contests, at El Menzah. Alpak won the gold medal at snatch by lifting 185 kg, ahead of Egyptian Hany Ibrahim, the silver medallist with 172.5 kg, and French Apolosio Tokotuu, bronze medallist with 167.5 kg. The other gold medal won by Alpak was at clean-and-jerk contest by lifting 225 kg, ahead of Egyptian Ibrahim, winner of the silver medal with 217.5 kg, and French Tokotuu, the bronze medallist with 202.5 kg. Women's Volleyball -Pool B- Yugoslavia beat Croatia 3-0 Tunis, Sep 8 (Tapex) The Yugoslav women's Volleyball team beat their Croatian counterparts 3/0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-18) at the 14th Mediterranean games women's Volleyball tournament day-4 pool B game, played this morning in Sidi Bousaid. Men's Basketball - ranking game for 9th position: Bosnia beat Syria 83/75 Nabeul, Sep 8 (Tapex) The Bosnian team ranked 9th at the 14th Mediterranean Games men's Basketball tournament after beating their Syrian counterpart 83/75 this mornin in nabeul. Women's Basketball : Morocco ranks 9th Tunis, Sep 8 (Tapex) The Moroccan women's Basketball team ranked 9th at the 14th Mediterranean games women's Basketball tournament, after beating their Lebanese counterparts 56/50 (23/23, at half time) at a game played in rades. Men's Volleyball - Pool C - Turkey Beat Greece 3/2 Tunis, Sept. 8 (Tapex) Turkish Volleyball team beat their Greek counterparts 3 sets to 2 (20-25, 25-23, 24-26, 27-25, 15-13) in a pool C men's day-3 game of the 14th Mediterranean Games tournament, played on Saturday morning at the Goulette. Thanks to this win, Turkey ranks first of this pool C and will play in the quarter-finals the best team ranking third in the three pools. For their part, the Greek, as they rank second in pool C, will play in the quarter-finals Tunisia, the sole representative of pool A and thus the straightly qualified side. Basketball (men) - Standings game Algeria ranks 7th Nabeul, Sept 8 (Tapex) The Algerian team ranked 7th of the Tunis 2001 14th Mediterranean Games Basketball tournament (men), after having beaten their Lebanese counterpart by 88 to 72, in a standings game from the 7th to the 8th rank played on Saturday. Handball (men) - Day 1 (Pool A) Spain beat Greece 28 to 21 Tunis, Sept 8 (Tapex) Spain's Handball team beat Greece's 28/21 (halftime: 16/8), in a 14th Mediterranean Games men's Handball tournament day 1 pool ''A'' game played in El Menzah. Men's Volleyball - Pool B - day 3 France beat Spain 3-1 Tunis, Sept 8 (Tapex) France's national Volleyball team beat Spain's three sets to one Games in a Tunis 2001 14th Mediterranean men's Volleyball tournament pool B day 3 (25-22, 19-25, 25-21, 31-29). Men's Basketball - Ranking game Tunisia rank 5th Nabeul, Sept 8 (Tapex) Tunisia's Basketball team ranked 5th at 14th Mediterranean Games' men's Basketball tournament after beating turkey's 66 to 63, in a game for the fifth place played Saturday afternoon in Nabeul. Men's Freestyle Wrestling- 63 kg Greek Aslanasvili Bezik wins gold medal Tunis, Sept 8 (Tapex) Greek Aslanasvili Bezik Won a gold medal at the 14th Mediterranean Games' men's Freestyle Wrestling tournament (63 kg) after beating Italian Orazio Safinin (10-0) in a final game played in El Menzah. For his part, Turkish Omer won the bronze medal after beating Egyptian Hassan Al Osta (10-0) in a game for the third place. Men's Freestyle Wrestling- 69 kg Turkish Yuskel Sanli wins gold medal Tunis, Sept 8 (Tapex) Turkish Yuksel Sanli won a gold medal at the 14th Mediterranean games men's Freestyle wrestling tournament (69 kg) after beating Syrian Hamad Osta 4/0, in a final game played at El Menzah. Men's Freestyle Wrestling (54 kg) Greek Amiran Karnatanov wins gold medal Tunis, Sept. 8 (Tapex) Greek Amiran Karnatanov (54 kg) won the gold medal of the Tunis-2001 Mediterranean Games men's Freestyle Wrestling event by beating, in finals, Syrian Firas Al Rifai 10/0. Water Polo Solvenia beat Tunisia 10/1 Rades, Sept. 8 (Tapex) Solvenia's national team beat Tunisia's 10/1 in a Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games men's Water Polo tournament (pool A) game played in rades. Men's Freestyle Wrestling 58 kg Gold medal for Turkish Evfik Odabasi Tunis, Sept. 8 (Tapex) Turkish Tevfik Odabasi (58 kg) won, here this afternoon, the gold medal of the tunis-2001 mediterranean games men's freestyle wrestling tournament by beating, in finals, greek lakovidis 3/0. Turkish Fahrettin Ozata wins gold medal Tunis, Sept. 8 (Tapex) Turkish Fahrettin Ozata (76 kg) won a gold medal at the Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games men's Freestyle Wrestling tournament after beating, here this afternoon, Greek Athanaslidis 3/0 in finals. Men's Freestyle Wrestling-85 kg Turkish Zengin Nuri wins gold medal Tunis, Sept 8 (Tapex) Turkish Zengin Nuri won a gold medal at the 14th Mediterranean games men's Freestyle Wrestling tournament (85 kg) after beating Greek Lazaros Loizidis (3/1) in a final game played in El Menzah. Men's Volleyball - Pool D - Italy 3 Yugoslavia 0 Tunis, Sept 8 (Tapex) Italy's Volleyball team beat Yugoslavia's 3/0 (25-19, 25-14, 25-15) in a 14th Mediterranean Games men's Volleyball tournament pool D first round third and last day game played this afternoon in Tunis. Italy and Yugoslavia who ranked first and second of pool D qualified for the quarter finals. Besides, Cyprus who ranked third in pool B qualified for the quarter finals thanks to its best set average. Men's Freestyle Wrestling-97 kg Greek Xanthopolous wins gold medal Tunis, Sept 8 (Tapex) Greek Xanthopolous won a gold medal at the 14th Mediterranean Games men's Freestyle Wrestling tournament (97 kg) after beating French William Rombouts 3/1 in a final game played in El Menzah. Women's Handball - 3rd and last day - Pool A - France-Spain 23/23 Tunis, Sept 8 (Tapex) France's national Handball team and Spain's drew a game 23/23 (14/8 at halftime) in a 14th Mediterranean Games women's Handball tournament pool A 3rd and last day game played in Ariana. France and Spain have already qualified for the second round. Women's Volleyball- 4th day - Pool A - Turkey 3 Spain 0 Tunis, Sept 8 (Tapex) Turkey's national Volleyball team beat Spain's 3/0 (25/20, 25/22, 25/19) in a 14th Mediterranean games' women's Volleyball tournament pool a 4th day game played in Sidi Bousaid. Men's Handball -Pool B - Slovenia-Maroc 39/28 Tunis, Sept 8 (Tapex) Slovenia's national Handball team beat Morocco's 39/28 (18/15 at halftime) in a 14th Mediterranean Games men's Handball tournament pool B 1st day game played in El Menzah. Basketball (men) Greece beat Italy 80/78 Nabeul, Sept. 8 (Tapex) Greece's national men's team qualified for the finals of the Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games Basketball tournament after beating, here this afternoon, their Italian counterparts 80/78. Waterpolo (Pool 'B'): Yugoslavia-Turkey 16/3 Rradès, Sept 8 (Tapex) Yugoslavia's Waterpolo team beat Turkey's 16 to 3 in a 14th Mediterranean games Waterpolo tournament pool B game played on Saturday afternoon in Rades. Men's Freestyle Wrestling (130 kg) Turkish Guclu wins gold medal Tunis, Sept. 8 (Tapex) Turkish Sekriya Guclu (130 kg) won the gold medal of the Tunis-2001 Mediterranean Games men's Freestyle Wrestling tournament after beating Tunisian Sofiane Akrout (by default) as part of the 5th and last round events. The silver medal went to Egytian Hesham Abdelwahab thanks to 3 victories, including a win by default against Greek Ampatzis Theofilos who won a bronze medal. Men's Freestyle Wrestling 3rd Round Qualifiers Results Tunis, Sept 7 (Tapex) Results of 14th Mediterranean games men's freestyle wrestling tournament third round qualifiers played this afternoon in El Menzah. 54 kg: Amiraam Karakidis (Gre) beats Faycal Laatar (Tun) 8-1 Firas Alrifai (Syr) beats Muhyttin Uzun (Tur) 4-2 58 Kg: Tevfik Odabasi (Tur) beats Yassin Erabi (Syr) 11-0 Mohamed Ben Hamadi (Alg) beat Hassen Ghozi (Tun) 5-1 Aly Aboutaleb (Egy) beats David Legrand (Fra) 9-0 Lakovidis (Gre) beats Sahit Pizrendi (Tur) 3-0 63 Kg: Besik Aslanisvili (Gre) beats Hassen Osta (Egy) 4-3 Omar Kubuku (Tur) beats Ruben Diaz (Esp) 7-1 Scaffini Oriazo (Ita) beats Abdelkader Jaidi (Tun) 8-3 69 Kg: Jaber Dridi (Tun) beats Ali Belkchairi (Mar) 3-2 Ahmad Osta (Syr) beats Patrick Vazeilles (Fra) 4-0 Yuksel Sanli (Tur) beats Carlos Dominguez (Esp) 6-0 Kemeridi Theodoris (Gre) beats Leonard Sahmapi (Alb) By Withdrawal 76 Kg: Radwan Hamad (Syr) beats Cristos Sideropoulos (Cyp) 9-0 Fahrettin Ozata (Tur) beats Salvatore Rinella (Ita) 7-1 Athanasladis (Gre) beats Ibrahim Jebali (Tun) 6-5 85 Kg: Mohamed Ali Bouzaiane (Tun) beats Abraham Vassalo (Mal) 7-3 Lozaidis (Gre) beats Jose Carasco (Esp) By Withdrawal 97 Kg: Kasim Sakiroglu (Tur) beats Mohamed Ali M'barek (Tun) 4-0 Gazanatoupolos (Gre) beats Jalel Al Bayer (Syr) 8-6 130 Kg: Hisham Abdelwahab (Egy) beats Adnan Hayek (Syr) 6-0 Zakaria Guglu (Tur) beats Thefilos Ampatzis (Gre) 6-0 Swimming (Last Day)- Men's 1,500 M Freestyle: Greek Gianniotis Wins Gold Medal And Tunisian Oussama Mellouli 4th Tunis, Sept. 7 (Tapex) Greek Spyridon Giannotis won the gold medal of the Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games men's 1,500 m Freestyle event by covering the distance in 15 min 26.98 sec during the final, played here this afternoon. The silver and bronze medals went to Italian Emiliano Brembilla (15 min 31.67 sec) and Spanish Javier Nunez (15 min 33.07 sec) respectively. Tunisian Oussama Mallouli ranked 4th with 15 min 36.45 sec, ahead of his fellow countryman Mohamed Ali Sassi ( 8th and last with 16 min 53.81 sec). Men's 1,500 m Freestyle final: 1) Spyridon Giannotis (Greece) 15'26''98 2) Emiliano Brembella (Italy) 15'31''67 3) Javier Nunez (Spain) 15'33''07 4) Ousamma Mallouli (Tunisia) 15'36''45 5) Nicolas Rostoucher (France) 15'40''34 6) Guy-Noel Schmitt (France) 16'09''83 7) Naim Masri (Syria) 16'47''54 8) Mohamed Ali Sassi (Tunisia) 16'53''81 Women's Basketball-4th Day-Group B Croatia beat Greece 79/67 Tunis, Sept 7 (Tapex) Croatia's basketball team beat Greece's 79/67 in a 14th Mediterranean games women's Basketball tournament group b day 4 game played this afternoon in Rades. Croatia, that ranked first with eight points and Spain (2nd with 7 points), qualified for the next round. Men's Basketball Spain 63 Turkey 62 Nabeul, Sept 7 (Tapex) Spain's basketball team beat turkey's 63/62 in a 14th Mediterranean games men's basketball tournament group b game played this afternoon in Nabeul. Thanks to this win, Spain ranks first with 10 points ahead of Italy (9 points). Weightlifting Tournament (men's)/5th Day: 94 Kg: 2 gold medals for Greek Leonidas Kokkos Tunis, Sept. 7 (Tapex) Greek Leonidas Kokkos (94 kg) won, here this afternoon, 2 gold medals in the snatch and clean-and-jerk events, as part of the Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games weightlifting tournament. In the snatch contest, Kokkos ranked first with 170 kg, ahead of Egyptian Mohamed El Deib (silver medal with 167.5 kg) and Spanish Santiago Martinez (bronze medal with 167.5 kg). Greek Koukkos is also the gold medallist of the clean-and-jerk competition with 212.56 kg, ahead of his fellow countryman Konstantinos Gkaripis (silver medal with 201 kg) and Spanish Santiago Martinez (bronze medallist with 200 kg). Tennis- Women's Singles: Moroccan Bahia Mouhtassine wins gold medal Tunis, Sept. 7 Sept (Tapex) Moroccan Bahia Mouhtassine won the gold medal of the 14th Mediterranean games women's singles tournament by beating in the final Greek Eleni Danilidou 2/0 (6/3, 6/4), here on Friday. Final ranking of women's tennis singles tournament: 1. Bahia Mouhtacine (Mor) gold medal 2. Eleni Danilidou (Gre) silver medal 3. Lourdes Dominguez (Spa) bronze medal Last Day Swimming (men's 100 m Backstroke): Italian Luis Alberto Laera beats Mediterranean record Tunis, Sept. 7 (Tapex) Italian Luis Alberto Laera beat his own Mediterranean games record of the 100 m backstroke by covering the distance, in Friday afternoon's final, in 56.00 sec (former record being 56.07 sec during the series qualifying heats on Friday morning). The silver medal went to Slovenian Blaz Medvesek (56.28 sec) and the bronze to Spanish David Ortega (56.49 sec). Final results of men's 100 m backstroke: 1) Luis Alberto Laera (Ita) 56.00 Sec 2) Blaz Medvesek (Slo) 56.28 Sec 3) David Ortega (Spa) 56.49 Sec 4) Ahmed Hussein (Egy) 56.58 Sec -) Mako Strahija (Cro) 56.58 Sec 6) Simon Dufour (Fra) 56.65 Sec 7) Jorge Sanchez (Spa) 57.07 Sec 8) Derya Buyukuncu (Tur) 57.25 Sec Swimming last day- women's 200 m Backstroke Finals Spanish Nina Zhivanevskaya beats Mediterranean Record Tunis, Sept 7 (Tapex) Spanish Nina Zhivanevskaya beat the Mediterranean women's 200 m backstroke record during the Mediterranean games' final held this afternoon in Rades. The Spanish swimmer covered the distance in 2'12,95 sec ahead of French Roxana Maracineanu (2'14,19 sec) and Slovenian Anja Carman (2'16,12 sec). Women's 200 m backstroke finals: 1) Nina Zhivanevskaya (Sp) 2'12''95 2) Roxana Marcineanu (Fra) 2'14''19 3) Anja Carman (Slo) 2'16''12 4) Aikaterini Bliamou (Gre) 2'16''67 5) Federica Barsanti (Ita) 2'16''70 6) Roberta Ioppi (Ita) 2'17''09 7) Derya Erke (Tur) 2'20''10 8) Dimitra Skargioti (Gre) 2'21''46 Swimming-last day- men's 200 medley Slovenian Peter Mankoc wins gold medal Tunis, Sept 7 (Tapex) Slovenian Peter Mankoc won a gold medal at the 14th Mediterranean games men's swimming 200 m medley event held Friday afternoon in Rades. Mankoc covered the distance in 2'03,62 sec ahead of Italian Simone Giancarini (2'03,91 sec) and Greek Loannis Bokkodis (2'04, 25 sec). Men's 200 m medley finals results: 1) Peter Mankoc (Slo) 2'03''62 2) Simone Giancarini (Ita) 2'03''91 3) Loannis Kokkodis (Gre) 2'04''25 4) Olivier Saminadin (Fra) 2'05''57 5) Raouf Ben Abid (Alg) 2'06''47 6) Kresimir Cac (Cro) 2'06''84 7) Fernado Del Villar (Sp) 2'07''56 8) Xavier Marchand (Fra) 2'09''16 Swimming-last day- women's 200 m medley Spanish Paula Carballido beats Mediterranean record Tunis, 7 Sept (Tapex) Spanish Paula Carballido beat the Mediterranean women's 200 m medley at the closing day of the swimming tournament of the 14th Mediterranean games held on Friday in Rades. Carballido covered the distance in 2'17,80 sec ahead of compatriot Tatiana Rouba (2'18,64 sec) and French Sophie Ronchi (2'18,98 sec). Women's 200 m medley finals results: 1) Paula Carballido (Sp) 2'17''80 2) Tatiana Rouba (Sp) 2'18''64 3) Sophie De Ronchi (Fra) 2'18''98 4) Ilkay Dikmen (Tur) 2'21''86 5) Sarakatsani (Gre) 2'22''93 6) Anja Klinar (Slo) 2'24''08 7) Tina Gabrilo (Cro) 2'25''26 8) Gerogia Louka (Gre) 2'30''01 Swimming-last day (men's 50 M Freestyle) Algerian Salim Iles beats own Mediterranean record Tunis, Sept 7 (Tapex) Algerian Salim Iles beat his Mediterranean men's 50 m Freestyle record during the closing day of the 14th Mediterranean games' swimming tournament on Friday afternoon in Rades. Iles covered the distance in 22,86 second ahead Of Cypriot Christos Papachrysanthou nd French Julien Sicot who won, both of them, a silver medal after ranking second (23''06). Men's 50 m Freestyle finals results: 1) Salim Iles (Alg) 22''86 2) Christos Papachrysanthou (Cyp) 23''06 2) Julien Sicot (Fra) 23''06 4) Marijan Kanjer (Cro) 23''13 4) Stavros Michaelides (Cyp) 23''13 6) Eduardo Lorente (Esp) 23''14 7) Michele Scarica (Ita) 23''17 8) Rene Gusperti (Ita) 23''33 Men's Freestyle Wrestling- 1st round Qualifiers Results Tunis, Sept 7 (Tapex) Results of 14th Mediterranean games men's Freestyle Wrestling 1st round qualifiers held this afternoon at El Menzah. 54 Kg: Muyhittin Ozun (Tur) beats Faycal Laatar (Tun) 10-0 Firas Alrifai (Syr) beats (Gre) Bat Didier Pais (Fra) 8-3 58 Kg: Mohamed Ben Hamadi (Alg) beats Yassin Erabi (Syr) 7-0 Tevfik Odabasi (Tur) beats Hassen Ghozi (Tun) 11-0 Sahit Pizrendi (Alb) beats David Legrand (Fra) 8-5 Lakovidis (Gre) beats Aly Aboutaleb (Egy) 4-2 63 Kg: Hassen Osta (Egy) beats Mazen Kadmani (Syr) 6-5 Ruben Diaz (Esp) beats Nicolaos Djouvas (C Y) 12-1 Scaffini Oriazo (Ita) beats Farid Hanoun (Alg) 5-1 69 Kg: Yuksel Sanli (Tur) beat Kemeridi Theodoris (Gre) 7-0 Carlos Dominguez (Esp) beats Leonard Sahmapi (Alb) 7-3 Patrick Vazeilles (Fra) beats Ali Belkchairi (Mar) 7-5 Ahmad Osta (Syr) beats Jaber Dridi (Tun) 7-1 76 Kg: Ibrahim Jebali (Tun) beats Roland Tusha (Alb) By Withdrawal Fahrettin Ozata (Tur) beats Redwan Al Ahmad (Syr) 10-0 Salvatore Rinella (Ita) beats Cristos Sideropoulos (Cy) 5-0 Athanasladis (Gre) beats Batbacic Rade (Slo) 10-0 85 Kg: Nuri Zengin (Tur) beats Mohamed Ali Bouzaiane (Tun) 10-0 Lozaidis (Gre) beats Angelo Camarada (Ita) 3-0 97 Kg: William Roumbouts (Fra) beats Mohamed Ali M'barek (Tun) 4-0 Jalel Al Bayer (Syr) beats Nicolas Castro (Fra) 8-6 130 Kg: Zakaria Guglu (Tur) beats Adnan Hayek (Syr) 11-0 Thefilos Ampatzis (Gre) beats Sofiene Akrout (Tun) 6-3 Gymnastics: Complete Results Tunis, Sept. 7 (Tapex) Complete results for women and men's gymnastics events, held on September 3-6 as part of the Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games: Men's Teams: 1. France 160.675 points gold medal 2. Italy 160.400 silver medal 3. Spain 158.175 bronze medal Women's Teams: 1. Spain 109.075 gold medal 2. Italy 107.125 silver medal 3. France 104.800 bronze medal Men's Individual Events: 1. Victor Cano (Spain) 53.525 gold medal 2. Cedric Guille (France) 53.450 silver medal 3. Alberto Busnari (Italy) 53.250 bronze medal Women's Individual Events: 1. Sara Moro (Spain) 37.237 gold medal 2. Maria Colombo (Italy) 36.212 silver medal 3. Elena Gomez (Spain) 35.962 bronze medal Tennis- Men's Singles: Bronze medal for Moroccan Mehdi Tahiri Tunis, Sept. 7 (Tapex) Moroccan Mehdi Tahiri won the men's singles bronze medal by beating Slovenian Marko Tkalec 2-1 (2/6, 6/3 and 6/4) in a standing match, played here this afternoon, as part of the Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games tennis tournament. Women's Handball-Pool A Slovenia /Turkey 27-27 Tunis, Sept 7 (Tapex) Slovenia's women's handball team and turkey's drew a game 27-27 (14-12 at halftime) in a 14th Mediterranean games women's handball tournament pool a game played this afternoon in Ariana. Women's Volleyball- Pool A Greece beat Albania 3-0 Tunis, Sept 7 (Tapex) Greece's women's volleyball team beat Albania's 3/0 (25-19, 25-14, 25-13) in a 14th Mediterranean games women's volleyball tournament pool a game played Friday in Sidi Bousaid. Tennis-Women's Singles Spanish Lourdes Dominguez Lino wins bronze medal Tunis, Sept 7 (Tapex) Spanish Lourdez Dominguez Lino won a bronze medal at the 14th Mediterranean games women's single tournament after beating compatriot ma-Jose Martinez 2/0 (6/1, 6/3) in a game for the third place played Friday afternoon at El Menzah. Basketball (women)-5th day (pool b): Slovenia beat Morocco 73/54 Tunis, Sept. 7 (Tapex) Slovenia's national women's team beat morocco's 73/54 (38/26 at half-time) in a Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games basketball tournament 1st round (pool b) 5th and last day game played Friday in Rades. Volleyball (Women)/3rd day (Pool B): France beat San Marino 3/0 Tunis, Sept. 7 (Tapex) France's national women's team beat san Marino's 3 sets to 0 (25/13, 25/12 and 25/8) in a Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games volleyball tournament (pool b) 3rd day game played Friday in Sidi Bousaid. Women's Weightlifting (+75 Kg): gold medals for Greek Roditou in Snatch And Turkish Acikgoz in Clean-And-Jerk Tunis, Sept. 7 (Tapex) Greek Aiketirini Roditou (+75 kg) won, here this morning, the snatch gold medal by lifting 107,5 kg as part of the Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games women's weightlifting tournament 5th day events. The silver and bronze medals went to Turkish Derya Acikgoz (105 kg) and French Sylvie Iskin (102,5 kg) respectively. In the clean-and-jerk competition, Turkish Acikgoz won the gold medal with 130 kg, ahead Of Greek Roditou ( the silver medal with 125 kg) and French Iskin (the bronze medal with 125 kg). Tunisian Imen Hasnaoui, who has also lifted 125 kg, ranked 4th because she outweighs her Greek and French opponents. Men's Freestyle Wrestling: 1st Round Qualifiers Tunis, Sept. 7 (Tapex) Results for the Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games men's freestyle wrestling tournament 1st round qualifiers held, here, this morning: 54 Kg: Firas Alrifai (Syria) beats Faycal Laatar (Tunisia) 10/0 Amiran Karntov (Greece) beats Didier Pais (France) 4/1 58 Kg: Yassin Erabi (Syria) beats Hassen Ghozi (Tunisia) 9/5 Tevfik Odabasi (Turkey) beats Mohamed Ben Hamadi (Algeria) 11/0 Lakovidis (Greece) beats David Legrand (France) 11/0 Aly Aboutaleb (Egypt) beats Sahit Pizrendi (Albania) 7/0 63 Kg: Abdelkader Jaidi (Tunisia) beats Farid Hanoun (Algeria) 5/1 Aslanasvili Bezik (Greece) beats Mazen Kadmani (Syria) 5/1 Omer Cubukcu (Turkey) beats Nicolaos Djouvas (Cyprus) 10/0 69 Kg: Jaber Dridi (Tunisia) beats Patrick Vazeilles (France) 7/5 Kemeridi Theodoris (Greece) beats Carlos Dominguez (Spain) 5/1 Yuksel Sanli (Turkey) beats Leonard Sahmapi (Albania) 10/0 Ahmad Osta (Syria) beats Ali Belkchairi (Morocco) 5/0 76 Kg: Ibrahim Jebali (Tunisia) beats Bacic Rade (Slovenia) 11/2 Fahrettin Ozata (Turkey) beats Cristos Sideropoulos (Cyprus) 5/0 Salvatore Rineela (Italy) beats Redwan Al Ahmad (Syria) 8/3 Athanasladis (Greece) beats Roland Tusha (Albania) 9/0 85 Kg: Nuri Zengin (Turkey) beats Abraham Vassalo (Malta) 11/0 Note: Italian Angelo Camarda Qualifies Directly For The 2nd Round Following Spanish Jose Carraso's Withdrawal Because Of Injury. 97 Kg: William Roumbouts (France) beats Kasim Sakiroglu (Turkey) 3/2 Xanthopoulos (Greece) beats Nicolas Castro (France) 12/0 130 Kg: Hesham Abdelawahab (Egypt) beats Sofiene Akrout (Tunisia) 7/0 Thefilos Ampatzis (Greece) beats Adnan Hayek (Syria) 11/0 Men's Volleyball Day 2 (Pool B): Spain beat Cyprus 3-0 Tunis, Sep 7 (Tapex) Spain's men's volleyball team beat Cyprus' 3/0 (25/17, 25/17, 25/20) Goulette, at the 14th Mediterranean games women's volleyball tournament day 2 pool b game played Friday morning in la Goulette. Swimming - men's 4x200 m medley relay qualifiers: List of Swimmers qualified for finals Tunis, Sep 7 (Tapex) Tunisian Oussama Mellouli qualified for the 14th Mediterranean games swimming tournament men's 4x200 m medley relay finals after ranking 8th in this morning's qualifiers in Rades (2'07''96). Qualifiers results: 1. Pieter Mancok (Slo) 2'06''22 2. Ioannis Kokkodis (Gre) 2'06''33 3. Raouf Ben Abid (Alg) 2'06''76 4. Olivier Saminadin (Fra) 2'06''81 5. Kresimir Cac (Cro) 2'07''07 6. Fernando Del Viar (Spa) 2'07''52 7. Simone Ciancarini (Ita) 2'07''57 8. Oussama Mellouli (Tun) 2'07''96 Swimming - Women's 200 M Backstroke Qualifiers: List of swimmers qualified for finals Tunis, Sep 7 (Tapex) Here is the list of swimmers qualified for the 14th Mediterranean games swimming tournament women's 200m backstroke final after this morning's qualifiers in Rades. List of swimmers qualified for women's 200 m backstroke: 1. Nina Zhivaneskaya (Spa) 2'15''56 2. Federica Barsanti (Ita) 2'17''78 3. Roberta Ioppi (Ita) 2'18''30 4. Aikaterini Bliamou (Gre) 2'18''35 5. Roxana Marcineau (Fra) 2'18''69 6. Dimitra Skargioti (Gre) 2'19''63 7. Anja Carman (Slo) 2'19''71 8. Derya Erke (Tur) 2'20''31 Swimming - Men's 100 M Backstroke Qualifiers: List of swimmers qualified for finals Tunis, Sep 7 (Tapex) Here is the list of swimmers qualified for the 14th Mediterranean games swimming tournament men's 100 m backstroke finals after this morning's qualifiers in Rades. List of swimmers qualified for men's 100 m backstroke finals: 1. Ahmed Hussein (Egy) 56''29 2. Derya Buyunkuncu (Tur) 57''54 3. David Ortega (Spa) 57''55 4. Simon Dufour (Fra) 57''58 5. Blaz Medvesek (Slo) 57''62 6. Luis Alberto Laera (Ita) 57''73 7. Jorge Sanchez (Spa) 57''76 8. Marko Strahija (Cro) 57''79 Women's Basketball Day 5 - Pool B: Yugoslavia beat Lebanon 73-29 Tunis, Sep 7 (Tapex) Yugoslavia's women's basketball team beat Lebanon's 73/29 (36/15 at half time) at the 14th Mediterranean games women's basketball tournament pool b 5th and last day game played this morning in Rades. Swimming - Men's 50 M Freestyle Qualifiers: Algerian Salim Ilyes beat Mediterranean record Tunis, Sep 7 (Tapex) Algerian Salim Elyes beat the Mediterranean record at the 14th Mediterranean games swimming tournament men's 50 m Freestyle final after covering the distance in 22''89 (former record of French Julien Sicot, 22''97 in Bari, 1997) after this morning's qualifiers in Rades. List of swimmers qualified for finals: 1. Salim Ilyes (Alg) 22''89 2. Marijan Kanjer (Cro) 22''96 3. Michele Scarica (Ita) 23''11 4. Julien Sicot (Fra) 23''24 5. Rene Gusperti (Ita) 23''29 6. Eduardo Lorente (Spa) 23''30 7. C.Papachrysanthou (Cyp) 23''31 -. Jorge Luis Ulibarri (Spa) 23''31 Swimming - Women's 4x200 M Medley Relay Qualifiers: List of swimmers qualified for final Tunis, Sep 7 (Tapex) Here is the list of swimmers qualified for the 14th Mediterranean games swimming tournament women's 4x200 m medley relay final after this mornings' qualifiers in Rades. List of swimmers qualified for final: 1. Paula Carballido (Ita) 2'19''37 2. Sophie De Ronchi (Fra) 2'21''20 3. Tatiana Rouba (Spa) 2'22''66 4. Veronica Massari (Ita) 2'24''36 5. Aikaterini Sarakatsani (Gre) 2'24''43 6. Tina Gabrilo (Cro) 2'25''07 7. Ilkay Dikmen (Tur) 2'25''81 8. Anja Klinar (Slo) 2'27''10 Swimming - Men's 4x100 m relay freestyle: France beat Mediterranean record, Tunisia qualified for final Tunis, Sep 7 (Tapex) France beat its own Mediterranean 4x100 swimming relay record by covering the distance in 3'24''59 (former record: 3'24''99 beat at Languedoc Roussillon 1993) at the 14th Mediterranean games men's swimming tournament final held this morning in Rades. Tunisia has qualified for the finals after ranking 7th (3'32''33). List of teams qualified for finals: 1) France 3'24''59 2) Italy 3'28''73 3) Spain 3'29''08 4) Greece 3'29''28 5) Croatia 3'29''97 6) Cyprus 3'31''73 7) Tunisia 3'32''33 8) Algeria 3'34''67 Men's Basketball (Pool A): Yugoslavia beat Bosnia 90/73 Nabeul, Sep 7 (Tapex) Yugoslavia's basketball team beat Bosnia's 90/73 (41/35 at half time) at the 14th Mediterranean games men's basketball tournament pool a game played this morning in Nabeul. Medals table after day 4 events Tunis, Sept, 7 (Tapex) Here is the medals table after day 4 of the Mediterranean games: Country Gold Silver Bronze 1. Spain 18 13 15 2. Greece 13 19 11 3. Italy 12 22 20 4. France 12 7 14 5. Turkey 12 7 5 6. Tunisia 7 4 5 7. Croatia 4 2 2 8. Egypt 2 5 7 9. Slovenia 2 1 2 10. Algeria 2 1 1 11. Yugoslavia 0 1 2 12. Syria 0 1 2 13. Albania 0 1 0 14. Morocco 0 0 1 15. Cyprus 0 0 1 Bowls/Threesome : Spain Wins Gold Medal Tunis, Sep 7 (Tapex) The Spanish team won the gold medal of the bowls/threesome tournament at the 14th Mediterranean games after beating at finals the French team 15/12 on Thursday evening . Final Standings: 1. Spain gold medal 2. France silver medal 3. Tunisia bronze medal Boxing - 57 Kg: Tunisian Idriss Melki qualifies for final Tunis, Sep 7 (Tapex) Tunisian Idriss Melki has qualified for the final of the 14th Mediterranean games boxing tournament in the 57 kg category after beating at semifinals Croatian Ietis Bajrami 10/3 on Thursday evening in Tunis. Melki will play at final Turkish Ramazan Palyani who beat at semifinals French Boubacar Dangnoko 7/3. Boxing - semifinal (81 kg): Mohamed Sahraoui qualifies for final Tunis, Sep 7 (tapex) Tunisian Mohamed Sahraoui has qualified for the final of the 14th Mediterranean games boxing tournament in the 81kg category after beating at semifinals Italian Antonio Brillantino (k.o at 1st round) on Thursday evening in Tunis. Sahraoui will play at final Turkish Yldirim Tahran who beat at semifinals Egyptian Ahmed Ismaili (k.o at 2nd round). Tennis - men's doubles - bronze medal for Moroccan pair El Aarej/Tahiri Tunis, Sep 7 (tapex) The Moroccan pair El Aarej/Tahiri won the bronze medal of the 14th Mediterranean games tennis tournament men's doubles after beating the Italian pair Grossi/Azzaro 2/1 (6/2, 4/6, 6/3) at the ranking game played on Thursday evening . Final standings of men's doubles tournament: 1. Economidis / Yasilidis (Gre) gold medal 2. Mahmoudi / Hamreulaine (Alg) silver medal 3. El Aarej / Tahiri (Mor) bronze medal Swimming - women's 4x100 m medley relay: Spanish team beat Mediterranean record Tunis, Sep 7 (tapex) The Spanish team beat on Thursday the Mediterranean record of the women's 4x100 m medley relay in 4'12''12 (former record held by Italy/4'12''59/ Bari, 1997) at the 14th Mediterranean games Swimming tournament final. The silver medal was won by Italy (4'15''55) and the bronze medal by Greece (4'17''70). Tunisia ranked 7th (4'34''71) final standings : 1. Spain 4'12''12 2. Italy 4'15''55 3. Greece 4'17''70 4. France 4'18''17 5. Turkey 4'21''26 6. Algeria 4'34''30 7. Tunisia 4'34''71 8. Cyprus 4'35''95 Swimming - men's 100 m Breaststroke final: Croatian Rogulj won gold medal Tunis, Sep 7 (tapex) Croatian Vanja Rogulj won the gold medal at the 14th Mediterranean games Swimming tournament men's 100m breaststroke final in 1'02''31 on Thursday in Rades. The silver medal was won by French Hugues Duboscq (1'02''81) and the bronze medal by Italian Davide Cassol (1'03''09). Final standings : 1. Vanja Rogulj (Cro) 1'02''31 2. hugues duboscq (fra) 1'02''81 3. Davide Cassol (Ita) 1'03''09 4. Michele Vancini (Ita) 1'03''28 5. Matic Lipovz (Slo) 1'04''46 6. Mladen Tepavcevic (Yug) 1'04''50 7. Emir Pasvandzic (Cro) 1'05''04 8. Sofiane Daid (Alg) 1'06''06 Swimming - women's 200 m Breaststroke final : Italian Chiara Boggiatto beat Mediterranean record Tunis, Sep 7 (tapex) Italian Chiara Boggiatto beat on Thursday in Rades the Mediterranean record of the women's 200 m Breastroke at the 14th Mediterranean games Swimming tournament final , in 2'31''00 (former record held by Italian Manuela Dal Vali 2'33''12/ Athens 1991). The silver medal was won by Turkish Ilkey Dikmen (2'32''34) and the bronze medal by Spanish Judith Llach (2'33''58). Final standings : 1. Chiara Boggiatto (Ita) 2'31''00 2. Ilkay Dikmen (Tur) 2'32''34 3. Judith Llach (Spa) 2'33''58 4. Sara Farina (Ita) 2'34''48 5. Anja Klinar (Slo) 2'35''40 6. Anna Ham-Man (Spa) 2'38''41 7. Salma Ismail (Egy) 2'38''92 8. Marjorie Distel (Fra) 2'46''35 Swimming - women's 400 m freestyle final : Slovene Anja Carman beat Mediterranean record Tunis, Sep 7 (tapex) Slovene Anja Carman beat on Thursday in Rades the Mediterranean record of the women's 400 m freestyle in 4'13''89 (former record : Cristiana susi,4'15''10, athens 1991) at the Mediterranean games Swimming tournament final. The silver medal was won by French Alcia Bozon (4'17''51) and the bronze medal by Greek Mariana Lymperta (4'17''96). - Final standings : 1. Anja Carman (Slo) 4'13''89 2. Alicia Bozon (Fra) 4'17''51 3. Mariana Lymperta (Gre) 4'17''96 4. Lidia Elizalde (Spa) 4'18''20 5. Zoi Dimoschaki (Gre) 4'18''96 6. Erika Villaecija (Spa) 4'22''17 7. Marion Perrotin (Fra) 4'24''77 8. Ursa Vidmar (Slo) 4'24''94 Swimming - men's 100 m freestyle final - day 4: Algerian Salim Ilyes beat Mediterranean record Tunis, sep 7 (tapex) Algerian Salim Ilyes beat on Thursday in Rades his own Mediterranean record of the 100 m freestyle event in 49''91 (former record: 50''10 achieved at Thursday morning qualifiers) at the 14th Mediterranean games swimming tournament day 4 . The silver medal was won by Slovene Peter Mankoc (50''16) and the bronze medal by Italian Mauro Gallo (50''31). - Final standings : 1. Ilyes Salim (Alg) 49''91 2. Peter Mankoc (Slo) 50''16 3. Mauro Gallo (Ita) 50''31 4. Michele Scarica (Ita) 50''42 5. Eduardo Lorente (Spa) 51''05 6. Ivan Mladina (Cro) 51''08 7. Jorge Ulibarri (Spa) 51''30 8. Theodoros Chatziolos (Gre) 51''70 Victories by women athletes bring Tunisia record gold Tunis 6 September 2001 (TunisiaOnline) Tunisian women athletes won four gold medals Wednesday and Thursday in the gymnastics and wrestling competitions of the 14th Mediterranean games taking place in Tunisia, September 2-15, 2001. After Gymnast Leonie Marzouk, Wednesday, it was the turn of three women wrestlers, Fadhila Louati, Saida Riabi and Salma Ferchichi to win gold. The latter had in fact beaten world champion Anna Gomis in the semi-finals. Since the start of the competition, Tunisia has won 7 gold medals, already a record for this North African nation in any Mediterranean Games. Weightlifters earned Tunisia three gold medals on the second day of the games.Youssef Sebai won two gold medals while his team-mate Atef Jarray earned one gold medal. More than 3,500 athletes from 23 nations are taking part in the games which opened Sunday. Tennis - Women’s Doubles Semifinals: Danilidou Pavlidou (Gre) V Martinez/Dominguez (Spa) In Final Tunis, sep 6 (Tapex) At the 14th Mediterranean games tennis tournament women’s doubles final, the Greek pair Danilidou/Pavlidou will play the spanish pair martinez/dominguez. The Greek pair Danilidou/Pavlidou beat at semifinals the Turkish Pair Askit/Azken 2/1 (4/6, 6/3, 6/4) and Spanish pair Martinez/Dominguez beat the Italian pair Sassi/Vierin 2/0 (6/2 6/4). The final is scheduled for today. Handball (day) - day 1 pool ‘b’:Slovenia - Tunisia 31/26 Ariana, Sept 6 (Tapex) Slovenia’s women’s handball team beat Tunisia’s 31 to 26 (halftime 14/12) in a 14th Mediterranean games Tunis 2001 handball tournament pool b day 1 qualifier played Thursday in Ariana. Women’s Volleyball Tournament (Pool A) Turkey -Albania 3-0 Tunis, Sept 6 (Tapex) turkey’s Turkish women volleyball team beat Albania's 3/0 , (25-14, 25-13, 25-10), in a 14th Mediterranean games Tunis 2001 women volleyball tournament pool a day 2 qualifier played Thursday afternoon in Sidi Bousaid. Basketball (Men)/4th day: Yugoslavia beat Lebanon 102/72 Nabeul, Sept.6 (Tapex) Yugoslavia's national men’s team beat Lebanon's 102/72 in a Tunis-2001 Mediterranean games basketball tournament pool a 4th day qualifier played Thursday in Nabeul. Men’s Volleyball Tournament (Pool D) Day 1: Italy beat Albania 3-0 Tunis, Sept, 6 (Tapex) The Italian men’s volleyball team beat their Albanian counterpart 3/0 (25-14, 25-17, 25-18) at the 14th Mediterranean games men’s volleyball tournament day 1 (pool d) game played this morning in La Goulette. Bowls/Ranking Game: Slovene Novak Boyan wins Bronze Medal Tunis, Sept, 6 (Tapex) Slovene Novak Boyan won the bronze medal of the bowls (progressive shot) tournament at the 14th Mediterranean games after beating Croatian ante papa 104/102 after counting up total points since the two players tied this morning at the decisive game. Tunisian Walid Klai will play French Frederic Mojiron this afternoon at the bowls final (progressive shot) . women’s volleyball pool b: Croatia beat san Marino 3/0 Tunis, Sept 6 (Tapex) The Croatian women’s volleyball team beat their counterpart of San Marino 3/0 (25-8, 25-9, 25-8) on Thursday morning in Sidi Bousaid at the 14th Mediterranean games women’s volleyball tournament day 2 pool b game. Bowls/threesome /semifinals: France beat Tunisia 13/0 Tunis, sep 6 (Tapex) The French bowls/threesome team beat this morning their Tunisian counterpart 13/0 at the semifinals of the 14th Mediterranean games . For its part, Spain qualified for finals after its win over Italy 13/11. The Tunisian team are playing Italy this afternoon at a game for the third place. Men’s 1500 m freestyle qualifiers: Oussama Melloulli qualifies for Final Tunis, Sept, 6 (Tapex) Tunisia’s Oussama Melloulli has qualified for the final of the men’s 1500m freestyle, ranking sixth (16’07"68) at the end of today’s qualifiers, as part of the 14th Mediterranean games day 4 swimming competition: Results of men’s 1500 m freestyle qualifiers 1. Spyridon Gianniotis (Gre) 15’56"80 2. Javier Nunez (Spa) 15’57"85 3. Guy-Noel Schmitt (Fra) 15’57"99 . Emiliano Brambilla (Ita) 16’02"91 5. Nicolas Rostoucher (Fra) 16’02"93 6. Oussama Melloulli (Tun) 16’07"68 7. Athanasios Oikonomou (Gre) 16’21"15 8. Naim Masri (Syr) 16’27"41 Swimming - Women’s 400 M Freestyle Qualifiers: Swimmers Qualified for Finals Tunis, Sept 6 (Tapex) here is the list of swimmer qualified for the final of the women’s 400m freestyle after today’s qualifiers , as part of the 14th Mediterranean games day 4 swimming competition: results of women’s 400 m freestyle qualifiers: 1. Anja carman (slo) 4’22"70 2. Alicia bozon (fra) 4’22"97 3. Lidia elizalde (spa) 4’22"99 4. Zoi dimoschaki (gre) 4’23"33 5. Mariana lymperta (gre) 4’23"41 6. Ursa vidmar (slo) 4’27"32 7. Erika villaecija (spa) 4’28"33 8. Sara goffi (ita) 4’29"49 Swimming /Women’s 100 M Backstroke Qualifiers - : Swimmers qualified for finals Tunis, sept 6 (Tapex) Here is the list of swimmers qualified for the women’s 100 m backstroke final after today’s qualifiers at the 14th Mediterranean games day 4 swimming competition : Results of women’s 100 m backstroke qualifiers: 1. Iliaki Dikmen (Tur) 2’37"23 2. Ana Haman (Spa) 2’37"68 3. Chiara Budjiato (Ita) 2’37"83 4. Sarra Farina (Ita) 2’38"28 5. Jodette Lach (Spa) 2’38"58 6. Anja Klinar (Slo) 2’39"03 7. Vasiliki Kavarno (Gre) 2’40"46 8. Selma Ismail (Egy) 2’42"27 Swimming - Men’s 4x100 M Medley Relay : Teams Qualified for Finals Tunis, Sept, 6 (Tapex) Here are the teams qualified for the final of men’s 4x100 m medley relay after today’s qualifiers , as part of the 14th Mediterranean games day 4 swimming events: 1. Croatia 3’49"05 2. Spain 3’50"26 3. Greece 3’52"85 4. Italy 3’53"38 5. Yugoslavia 3’53"82 6. Turkey 3’53"85 7. France 3’55"04 8. Tunisia 4’01"00 Swimming/ Men’s 100 M Freestyle Qualifiers : Mediterranean Record For Algerian Iles Salim Tunis, Sept, 6 (Tapex) Algerian Iles Salim has beaten the Mediterranean record at today’s qualifiers for men’s 100 m freestyle in 50"10 (former record 50"51 held by Christophe Calvaillan at the Med games of Languedoc Roussillon in 93), as part of the 14th Mediterranean games swimming events. Results of qualifiers for men’s 100 m freestyle: 1. Iles Salim (Alg) 50"10 2. Michele Scarica (Ita) 50"66 3. Peter Mankoc (Slo) 50"83 4. Ivan Mladina (Cro) 51"08 5. Eduardo Lorente (Spa) 51"13 6. Jorge Ulibarri (Spa) 51"40 7. Mauro Gallo (Ita) 51"48 8. Theodoros Chatziolos (Gre) 51"57 Swimming - Men’s 100 M Breaststroke: List Of Swimmers Qualified For Finals Tunis, sep 6 (Tapex) Here is the list of swimmers qualified for the 14th Mediterranean games swimming tournament men’s 100 m breaststroke finals after today’s qualifiers: 1. Hugues Duboscq (Fra) 1’03"50 2. Michele Vancini (Ita) 1’03"79 3. Vanja Rogulj (Cro) 1’03"93 4. Davide Cassol (Ita) 1’04"04 5. Matic Lipovz (Slo) 1’04"93 6. Alfonso Uruburu (Spa) 1’05"35 7. Emir Pasvandzic (Cro) 1’05"44 8. Mladen Tepavcevic (Yug) 1’05"54 Women’s Basketball Pool B: Greece Beat Yugoslavia 56/48 Tunis, Sep 6 (Tapex) the greek women’s basketball team beat their Yugoslav counterpart 56/48 (28-26 at halftime) at the 14th Mediterranean games women’s basketball tournament pool b day 4 game played this morning in Rades. Men’s basketball - day 4: Greece beat Bosnia 81/70 Nabeul, sep 6 (Tapex) The Greek men’s basketball team beat their Bosnian counterpart 81/70 at the 14th Mediterranean games basketball tournament group a day 4 game played on Thursday in Nabeul. Women’s Wrestling: Saida Riabi (75 Kg) Offers 1stGold Medal To Tunisia at Women’s Wrestling Tunis, Sept 6 (Tapex) Tunisian Saida Riabi has offered this morning its first gold medal to Tunisia in the history of the Mediterranean games at the women’s wrestling tournament, after beating at the final of the 75kg category Greek Maria Babagorgio 6/0 . Tunis 2001 - Day 3 medals table Tunis, Sept 6 (Tapex) Here is the medals table after day 3 of the 14th Mediterranean games played on Wednesday: Countries Gold Silver Bronze 1. Spain 16 7 13 2. France 9 4 10 3. Italy 8 21 13 4. Turkey 8 4 2 5. Greece 6 13 8 6. Tunisia 4 3 4 7. Croatia 3 0 2 8. Egypt 3 4 9. Algeria 1 0 1 10. Yugoslavia 0 1 2 11. Syria 0 1 1 12. Cyprus 0 0 1 Boxing - quarter finals: Tunisians Homrani (91kg), Melki (69kg), Khelifi (67kg) and Marmouri (71kg) qualified for semifinals Tunis, Sept 6 (Tapex) Tunisian Mohamed Homrani (91 kg) qualified for the semifinals of the 14th Mediterranean games boxing tournament after beating Egyptian Amro Al Sayed 9-6 on Wednesday evening . Three other boxers also qualified for semifinals, namely Driss Melki (69 kg) Sami Khelifi (67 kg) and Mohamed Salah Marouri (71 kg). Rresults of quarter finals : 57 kg: Driss Melki (Tun) beat Diago Mejias (Spa) by referee stop at Round 2 Jetis Bajrami (Cro) beat Simon Koscak (Slo)by referee stop At R2 Ramazan Palyani (Tur) beat Metaj Eriton (Alb) by disqualification at R4 Boubacar Dangnoko (Fra) beat Yaser Chehata (Syr) 12-10 60 Kg: Zied Sassi (Tun) beat Bienvenido (Spa) 18-7 Guillaume Salingue (Fra) beat Badre Belhaja (Mor) 10-7 Youssef Hamidi (Syr) beat Adel Lounici (Alg) by K.O At R3 Michel Di Rocco (Ita) beat Selim Palyani (Tur) 8-7 67 kg: Sami Khelifi (tun) beat Abdellah Benbiar (Mor) by technical superiority at Judges’decision (8/8) Spyridon Ioannaidis (Gre) beat Veocie Pero (Cro) 6-2 Noel Xavier (Fra) Beat Juan Manuel (Spa) 5-1 Ajetovic Geard (Yug) beat Mohamed Djafri (Alg) 12-1 71 kg: Mohamed Salah Marmouri (Tun) beat Hikal Mohamed (Egy) 4-3 Georgios Gazis (Gre) beat Hazzam Nebaa (Syr) 10-7 Damien Bertu (Fra) beat Meskine Ben Amar (Alg) 5-4 Bulent Ulusoy (Tur) eat Abdallah Houdaj (Mor) 10-4 75 kg: Mourad Ouhichi (Tun) beat Alfonso Sanlez (Spa) by referee stop at r4 Firat Karagoullu (Tur) Beat Nikola Sjekloca (Yug) 10-3 Diambang Mamadou (Fra) Beat Mahmoud Khadour (Alg) By Technical Superiority At Judges’decision (5-5) Yasser Ramdan (Egy) beat Kenzi Abdelghani (Alg) 9-7 91 Kg: Mohamed Homrani (Tun) beat Amro Al Sayed (Egy) 9-6 Milorad Gajovic (Yug) beat Naser Shami (Syr) 10-4 Omar Bellouati (Fra) beat Marko Pecovnik (Slo) By Withdrawal At R2 Ahmet Aksu (Tur) beat Nabil Hashem (Leb) 10-2 Greco-Roman wrestling: Finals results and medals table Tunis, Sept 6 (Tapex) Here are the results after the 14th Mediterranean games Greco-Roman tournament finals played on Wednesday evening : 54 kg: Mucahit Vardal (Tur) beat Mohamed Abou Alla (Egy) 5-4 58 kg: Djamel Ainaoui (Fra) beat Norbert Futo (Yug) 5-2 63 kg: Emik Bunyamin (Tur) beat Christo Gkikas (Gre) 6-0 69 kg: Christophe Guenot (Fra) beat Yasser Saleh (Syr) 12-0 76 kg: Taner Akbulut (Tur) beat Alexios Kolitsopoulos (Gre) 3-0 85 kg: Mohamed Ibrahim (Egy) beat Amor Bach Hamba (Tun) 6-0 97 kg: Ibrahim Karam (Egy) beat Tanos (Gre) 4-0 130 kg: Yilmaz Yekta (Tur) beat Koutsioumpas Xenofon (Gre) 5-4 Medals Table: Gold Silver Bronze 1. Turkey 4 0 2 2. Egypt 2 1 1 3. France 2 0 1 4. Greece 0 4 1 5. Tunisia 0 1 1 . Syrie 0 1 1 . Yugoslavia 0 1 1 Swimming - Day 3: 1st Tunisian Medal At Swimming , 3 Mediterranean Records Beaten Tunis, Sept 6 (Tapex) Tunisian Oussama Mellouli offered on Wednesday its first medal , a bronze one , to Tunisia at day 3 of the swimming tournament . Oussama Mallouli ranked third at the final of the 400 m medley in 4’25"20 beating his own record achieved at Tunisia’s championship last july (4’32"97). Besides, three Mediterranean records were beaten : first by Spanish Paula Carballido at the 400m medley in 4’46"64 , thus improving the record 4’51"99 held since 1997 by French Nerdege Cliton. then, by French frank exposit at the 200 m butterfly in 1’58"97 , beating his own record held since 1993 in France. The third record was beaten by the Spanish women’s team at the 4x100 m freestyle relay in 3’48"26 , breaking the former record also held by Spain (3’48"86). Women’s Volleyball - Day 1 (Pool A): Tunisia beat Albania 3/1 Tunis, Sept 6 (Tapex) The Tunisian women’s volleyball team beat their Albanian counterpart 3/1 (25/21 28/26 21/25 25/17) at the 14th Mediterranean games women’s volleyball tournament (pool a) day 1 game played on Wednesday evening in Sidi Bousaid. Men’s Tennis Doubles Semifinals: Hameurlaine Mahmoudi (Alg) V Economidis/Vasiliadis (Gre) in Final Tunis, Sep 6 (Tapex) The Algerian pair Hameurlaine/Mahmoudi qualified for the final of the 14th Mediterranean games tennis tournament (men’s doubles) after beating the Moroccan pair Tahiri/Al Aarej 2/0 (7/5, 7/5) at semifinals on Wednesday evening . The Algerian pair are playing today in final the Greek pair Economidis/Vasiliadis who beat at semifinals the Italian pair Grossi/Azzaro 2/0 (6/2 /62). Tennis - Men’s Singles Quarter Finals: Slovenian kalec and Moroccan Mehdi Tahiri Qualified for Semifinals Tunis, Sep 6 (Tapex) Slovene Marko Tkalec and Moroccan Mehdi Tahiri have qualified for the semifinals of the 14th Mediterranean ga