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Article: Where Muslim, European nations compete; The 21-nation Mediterranean Games open Friday night in Spain.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- June 24, 2005
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Byline: Lisa Abend and Geoff Pingree Correspondents of The Christian Science Monitor
ALMERIA, SPAIN -- Abigail Guerrero, a Spanish weightlifter, knows that tough competition will come from the Turkish women. But she's looking forward to Mediterranean Games for other reasons. "These two different cultures come together," Guerrero says. "It's a lovely thing."
The Mediterranean Games, a 10-day gathering that opens here Friday night, will bring 3,500 male and female athletes from 21 countries to compete for 1,300 medals in 24 sports. These games are not the Olympics, yet they reflect the same ideals of camaraderie and - perhaps more important - carry a ...