Tunisia to host 8th edition of Mediterranean Athletics Meeting
TUNISIAONLINENEWS- Tunisia will host 8th edition of the Mediterranean Athletics Meeting. It is the second time Tunisia hosts the event after it was first held in 2006. The games which will take place between August 7 and8, will be held at the Rades Stadium, near Tunis.
Eight Mediterranean countries will take part in the event including Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Spain, France, Italy, Greece and Turkey.
The meeting aims at disseminating the culture of athletics in Mediterranean countries and providing opportunities for young athletes below 20 years of age to improve their performances.
“Organizing the meeting in Tunisia is part of the 2010 to 2020 the Tunisian Athletics Federation( FTA) program to rehabilitate athleticism, with a special focus on youth”, said Mr. Fethi Hachicha, president of the Tunisian Athletics Federation( FTA) in a statement to the Tunisian official news agency TAP.
He also stressed that the event also aims at consolidating national Mediterranean federations efforts to set up a Mediterranean Athletics Federation.
Mr. Ammar Addadi, president of the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (ICMG) also took part in the meeting.
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