Nine gold medals for Malta during GSSE Tuesday events

Malta saw a total of nine gold medals awarded to various athletes in various disciplines yesterday, Tuesday 30th May 2023.

As reported, Katryna Esposito was the first to bag the top medal after beating her opponents in the Judo -48kg category.She was quickly followed by sprint runners Jared Micallef and Gina McNamara in the 800 metres. Claire Azzopardi bagged gold through the long jump as Peppijna Dalli also brought the medal home in the women’s pole vault.

They were followed by Jordan Gusman, who won his second gold after emerging on top in the 10,000m race and then Lisa Marie Bezzina who clenched the medal in the women’s 10,000 metres.

The last gold medal for the day was bagged by Kyle Micallef, Matthew Galea, Raoul Starface and Rudi Spiteri who bagged the medal in the 4x100m free swimming.

All these athletes also won a €10,000 bonus after a deal was struck between Sport Malta and Sports Minister Clifton Grima.

There were also the fair share of silver and bronze medals:

Silver

Judo Men -60kg – James Zahra

Squash Women’s Singles – Lijana Sultana

Swimming 200m Butterfly Women – Sarah Demicoli

Swimming 800m Freestyle Women – Sasha Gatt

Bronze

Athletics Women’s Hammer Throw – Mireya Cassar

Athletics Women’s Pole Vault – Sana Grillo

Athletics Women’s 800m – Clare Mcnamara

Athletics Men’s 100m – Beppe Grillo

Athletics Men’s 10,000m – Dillon Cassar

Judo Men -90kg – Valerian Ogbaidze

Judo Men -100kg – Isaac Bezzina

Squash Men’s Singles – Kijan Sultana

Swimming 200m Women Backstroke – Victoria Balderacchi

Swimming 200m Men Backstroke – Thomas Wareing

Swimming 800m Men Freestyle – Dylan Cachia

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