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Pablo Abián adds his third medal in a Mediterranean Games by achieving silver in the mixed doubles in Oran 2022

Pablo Abián and Kike Peñalver with their medals won in the men’s doubles in Oran 2022. / Photo: @COE_es / @NachoPhoto.

SD Pablo Abianalmost 4,000 kilometers away from his team, IES La Orden, added his third medal in a Mediterranean Gamesnow in Oran 2022when hanging silver in the men’s doubles with Kike Peñalverafter yield in the end in three sets (21-14, 19-21 y 16-21) before the Algerians Koceila Mammeri and Sabri Medel.

The ‘Fifa virus’ moved to badminton. While your league team is guarding weapons in Bialystok (Poland) waiting for the debut European of Clubs of badminton, Paul Abian dispute the Mediterranean Games in Oran (Algeria), what for the moment has given him the money.

The Calatayud midfielder came to this appointment with one silver (Mersin 2013) and one gold (Tarragona 2018)both in the box individual. Now you have to include another silver in men’s doublesafter overcoming with Kike Peñalver, in the quarter finals to the Egyptians Ahmed Salah and Adham Elgamal (21-8 and 21-12) and in the semifinals to the Italians Fabio Caponio and Giovanni Toti (21-17, 15-21 and 19-21) and fall in the final, in an Oued Tlelat Sports Center that encouraged his team from the start.

The final before the Algerian duo Koceila Mammeri-Sabri Medel (57 in the ranking) was very balanced. In the first sleeveafter an enormous equality in the first bars, a small arreón of the Spanish led them to send on the scoreboard (11-7) at halftime. From there they cemented their victory in the set by 21-14.

there was also equilibrium of forces in the secondalthough who came with a llight income to the interval (8-11) were the Algerianswho kept the type to finish prevail by 19-21.



In the third setand with the flag tightening in favor of the premises, the minimal advantage with which they arrived Mammeri y Medel (9-11) It was the starting point to face the final stretchvery satisfying for the Algerians, who closed the sleeve and the match by 16-21.

Once the doubles competition is over, now is he individual’s turnwhere Pablo Abián from this Tuesday will try to repeat his success in Tarragona.

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