Monday 3 June 2013

Games of the Small States of Europe


The Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) is held every two years. It is a sort of olympic games for small sovereign states of Europe. To be qualified to this event, the state must have less than one million inhabitants. They are 9: Andorra, Lichtenstein, Malta, Monaco, San Marino, Cyprus, Iceland, Montenegro and Luxembourg. Well, Vatican could be one of them, but for some reason has not sent athletes to compete. This year the games were held in Luxembourg. Luxembourg, Iceland and Cyprus took most of the medals, Luxembourg being the best.


MÉDAILLES
Luxembourg363931
Islande282930
Chypre281724
Liechtenstein11168
Monténégro902
Monaco7815
Malte21113
Andorre213
Saint-Marin149
Here are some photos:


Part of the games took place at  Josy Barthel stadium. Josy was a Luxembourgish runner who win 1500 m gold in Helsinki olympic games in 1952.

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An athlete from Malta was crying because her dream didn't come true.

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Beach volleyball venue was at Coque, freezing conditions.

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