Athletics grabs three gold medals to save Morocco in Almeria

Athletics grabbed three gold medals to save the honour of Moroccan sport at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almeria held June 24 to July 3.

Morocco participated with an important delegation in fifteen disciplines (Athletics, football, basket-ball, boxing, golf, judo, karate, swimming, petanque, bowling, equitation, tennis, shot, beach volley and disabled persons sports).

Out of these disciplines, only three went on the podium namely athletics, boxing and judo. Athletics captured 3 gold medals, 6 silver medals and a bronze medal, while boxing and judo claimed one bronze medal each.

The Moroccan delegation attracted attention and media mainly when the head of the Moroccan Karate squad reported the disappearance of four members of his team to the police. Earlier, another Moroccan athlete was announced missing.

Mediterranean Games are held every four years and were first staged in 1951. The Almeria edition brought together more than 4,000 athletes from 21 countries bordering the Mediterranean.