Sasha Gatt Wins Her First Ever GSSE Swimming Gold Medal

Sasha Gatt has won her first ever swimming gold medal at the Games of the Small States of Europe in Andorra.

Gatt took part in the Women’s 800m Freestyle on Tuesday late afternoon at Andorra’s Centre Esportiu Serradells.

She claimed victory with a time of 8:49.74, finishing ahead of competitors from Monaco and Luxembourg, who took silver and bronze respectively, as well as others from host nation Andorra and Iceland.

At just 19 years old, Gatt is already a two-time Olympian, having represented Malta at both the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympics, where she also served as one of Malta’s flagbearers.

During the previous edition of the GSSEs, held in Malta in 2023, she secured four medals, three silvers and a bronze, but gold had eluded her. This time, however, she achieved her long-awaited triumph.

Malta has now secured three gold medals, putting the nation a third of the way towards its goal of nine — a milestone that would mark its strongest performance at a Small Nations Games held abroad.

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