10th African
Championships in Artistic Gymnastics2010
Walvis Bay (NAM), March 3 – 5, 2010
The 10th African Championships started off with
junior and senior competitions in Artistic
Gymnastics, March 3 – 5, 2010. The event is held
every second year with this year’s edition
taking place in Walvis Bay (NAM).
Mohamed Sherif El Saharty of Egypt (82.200) and
compatriot Salma Mahmoud (50.050) won the
Seniors’ Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastics
All-around titles respectively in Walvis Bay. In
Men’s, Arfaoui Sabeur of Tunisia came in second
(81.600), followed by South African Tyrone
Morris (80.250). In the Women’s competition,
Egyptian Farida Ahmed Shoukry joined her
team-mate on the podium in second place, while
Jennifer Khwela (RSA) took off with the Bronze.
The Men’s Team competition was topped by Egypt
(244.900), followed by South Africa (234.850)
and Algeria (234.75), while South Africa’s women
prevailed (147.400) over Egypt (146.900) and
host Namibia (119.100).
In Rhythmic Gymnastics also our Gymnasts won the
Gold Medals , Mariz Farid Shawky in the Seniors
, Alia El Kateb in the Juniors , and our RG
Group Jacent El Dib - Farida Eid - Manar
El Garf - Aisha Nizy , and Alia El Kateb .
Medals for the Senior events including the
Apparatus Finals were distributed as follows:
Men
Egypt 10 (4 Gold, 5 Silver, 1 Bronze)
Tunisia 4 (2 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze)
South Africa (1 Gold, 1 Silver, 4 Bronze)
Namibia 1 (Gold)
Algeria 3 (1 Silver, 2 Bronze)
Women
South Africa 8 (4 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze)
Egypt 7 (1 Gold, 4 Silver, 2 Bronze)
Namibia 2 (1 Gold, 1 Bronze)
Algeria 1 (Bronze)
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