Arab Sports Games (swimming): Amel Melih snatches gold in 50-m backstroke

ORAN (Algeria)- Algerian swimmer Amel Melih received the gold medal of the 50-m backstroke on Saturday, in the Miloud Hadefi Olympic Complex Pool of Oran, on Saturday, the fourth day of the swimming events of the 15th Arab Sport-s Games.

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Melih clocked 29.28, breaking the Arab Sports Games record, a third record in the competition.

The Algerian swimmer finished ahead of Bahrain's swimmer Amani Abidi, ranked second (29.64) and Palestinian Valérie Tarazi (third, 29.78).

Amel Melih's gold medal is the first for the Algerian team on the fourth day of the swimming events at the Arab Sports Games 2023.

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