15  various medals for Syria on the first day, of the Jarih al-Watan (The Homeland Wounded) International Games competitions

The Syrian national team won fifteen different medals, (3 gold, 6 silver and 6 bronze), on the first day of the third International Wounded Games. These games were held by the Wounded Homeland Project, in cooperation with the General Sports Federation, in the Tishreen and Al-Fayhaa Sports Cities in Damascus.

In the physical strength competitions: QusayKhalifa won a gold medal in the 65 kg category, Alaa Al-Yousef won a gold medal in the 72 kg category, Marwan Ali won a silver medal in the 72 kg category, BassemSabbagh won a bronze medal in the same weight category, Saleh Sabbagh won a silver medal in the 59 kg category, Hasan al-Adra’a won a bronze medal in the 59 kg category, Abdul IlahHammoud won a silver medal in the 65 kg category and  Majd Al-Yousef got a bronze of the same weight.

In the swimming competitions: Omar Abdullah won the gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle race, Walid Al-Khass won the silver medal in the same race, Muhammad Jifan won the silver medal in the 50-meter freestyle race and AmerSalloum won the bronze medal in the 50-meter breaststroke race.

In the shot put athletics: Khalil Mahmoud won a silver medal in the 4 kg, Wasim Qaddoura won a bronze in the 4 kg, while Azzam Al Ahmad won a bronze in the 7.60 kg shot put.

173  athletes from Russia, Iran, Indonesia, Iraq and Syria will compete in swimming, physical strength, athletics, badminton, table tennis and basketball.

Leen Al Salman