Samar Hamza delivered a strong performance in the final, successfully securing victory with a 5-3 result, thereby claiming the gold medal and adding another achievement to Egyptian wrestling at the Mediterranean Games.
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Samar Hamza's medal raised the Egyptian delegation's total tally to 15 diverse medals at the "Taranto 2026" Mediterranean Games, comprising 5 gold, 4 silver, and 6 bronze medals.
The competitions of the 20th edition of the Mediterranean Games are currently being held in the Italian city of Taranto and will continue until September 3rd, with the participation of 3,803 athletes from 26 countries.
The Egyptian delegation is competing in 23 sports at the Mediterranean Games: archery, athletics, badminton, 3x3 basketball, boxing, canoe and kayak, equestrian, fencing, aquatic sports (short-course swimming), gymnastics, handball, judo, karate, padel, rowing, sailing, shooting, table tennis, volleyball, weightlifting, wrestling, finswimming, and amateur luge.
Egypt ranks sixth on the list of countries with the most medals in the history of the Mediterranean Games, with a total of 620 diverse medals: 156 gold, 209 silver, and 255 bronze.
