Mediterranean Games: Laura Letrari wins gold at the start

The woman from Brixen was used as the final swimmer and did an excellent job. Margherita Panziera took the start (part-time 2.02,20 minutes), followed by Linda Caponi (2.00,14) and Stefania Pirozzi (2.01,09) and finally Letrari (2.00,38).

With their overall time of 8.02,63:8.03,05 minutes, the “Azzurre” relegated the French (8.04,53:XNUMX) and the Spanish (XNUMX:XNUMX) to the ranks of honor.

Another medal would have been possible For Letrari, the first day could actually have gone even better. In the morning she achieved the best time in the 100 meter freestyle heat at the same time as her teammate Erika Ferraioli (55,68 seconds).

In the final she had to settle for fifth place and a significantly slower time (56,04). Ferraioli (54,91) took the victory ahead of the Spanish Munoz (55,28) and the Slovenian Klancar (55,40). Letrari won gold in 2009 Laura Letrari has already won a gold medal at the Mediterranean Games: in 2009 she was part of the victorious 4x100 meter freestyle relay.

Letrari is one of 10 athletes from South Tyrol who won gold at the Mediterranean Games. The others are: Klaus Dibiasi (diving), Tomas Ress (basketball), Erica Rossi (athletics), Ylenia Scapin (judo), Dagmar Gitzl and Elke Niederwieser (handball), Petra Zublasing (shooting), Evelyn Mayr (tennis) and Raphaela Foil (volleyball). The other sports South Tyrol also has a chance of winning a medal on Sunday Badminton -Players: In the men's doubles, Kevin Strobl/Lukas Osele qualified for the semi-finals thanks to their quarter-final win against a Spanish duo. On Sunday at 16 p.m. they will face the French Kersaudy/Gicquel.

In the women's singles, the South Tyroleans were in a losing position: Judith Mair lost 1-0 to the Greek Sotiriou in the first round, while Katharina Fink had to bow to the Turkish Yigit 2-1 in the second round after a bye in round 2 .

The Handball The men's national team kicked off against the strong Croatian team and suffered an honorable 26:30 defeat. The best thrower for the “Azzurri” was Dean Turkovic from SSV Bozen with 6 goals. His Bolzano teammate Martin Sonnerer scored a goal.

The women's national team - with Monika Prünster and Anika Niederwieser - won the opening match against Greece 31:25. The two South Tyroleans played a key role in this, Prünster with her saves and Niederwieser with 7 goals.

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Mediterranean Games: Laura Letrari wins gold at the start

On the second day of competition at the Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain, some South Tyroleans also got involved. Things couldn't have started better for swimmer Laura Letrari: She won gold with Italy's 4x200 meter freestyle relay.

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