Egypt’s Runner, Basant Hemida, Grabs a Bronze Medal In The Mediterranean Championships

By Nada Hamouda

Egyptian runner, Basant Hemida, won the third place in the 100 meters in the Mediterranean Athletics U23 Championships, claiming a bronze medal, on Saturday 9th of June. The Tournament is held in Jesolo, Italy.

The Egyptian athlete took the third place with a time of 11.62 seconds while the Spanish Paula Sevilla proclaimed the golden medal clocking a time of 11.41 seconds. In addition, the second place went to Israeli Diana Vaisman with 11.59 seconds.

The Mediterranean Athletics U23 Championships is a biennial athletics competition open for under the age of 23 athletes to all affiliated Federations of the Mediterranean Athletics Union. The event was first held in 2014.

WE SAID THIS: Congrats Basant! Keep the great work up!