ORANO (ALGERIA) (ITALPRESS) – Historic silver medal for Katharina Fink and Yasmine Hamza in the women’s doubles of badminton at the Mediterranean Games in Oran 2022. In the final the blues were defeated 2-0 (21-15 21-18) by the Turks Bengisu Ercetin and Nazlican Inci. Previously, in the men’s tournament bronze medal for Fabio Caponio and Giovanni Toti defeated in the semifinals after a hard battle with the Spaniards Luis Enrique Penalver Pereira and Pablo Abian Vicen for 1-2 (21-17; 15-21; 19-21) .
“It is a historic medal and we consider ourselves very lucky – said Hamza – I am honored to represent my country and take home this silver. Next goals? There will be many tournaments in Asia and also the World Cup at the end of August where we hope to get a good result ”. “We feel very lucky and happy – added Fink – In the last period we weren’t very satisfied with the results, today we are. And now we want to continue like this, with great determination and the right mentality “.
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