The Lebanese Team who went to the 16th Arab Juniors Championship won two Bronze medals through Sandy Karam in 10km Race walk and the women's 4x400m relay team with Sandy Karam, Sara Joe Kortbawi, Joy Abousleiman and Joelle Feghali. Elie Saade was the only coach and official representing Lebanon at these championships.
On the first day of the Arab Juniors Championship, and in it's first event, Sandy Karam from Champville won a Bronze medal for Lebanon in the 10km Race Walk setting a new national record of 59:01.21.
Joy Abousleiman set a new personal best in Long Jump on the same day. She jumped 5.21 meters to finish 4th behind Asraa' Mohammad Samir from Egypt with 5.86m, Salma Jamal Ahmad from Egypt with 5.45m, and in the 3rd place Lidia Sahrawi from Algeria with 5.39m on her last attempt.
Alain Saad threw 14.47 meters in shot put and took the 5th place behind Moustafa Amr Ahmad from egypt with 21.79, Ahmad Shareef Adel from Egypt with 19.63, and Moustafa Daher from Iraq with 16.68 and finally in the 4th place Ibrahim Al Fadly from Kuwait with 15.55m.
The next day, Joelle Feghali from CSJ ran the 400 meters in 1:04.09 to take 5th place in the final. Sarah Joe Kortbawi finished 5th in the 800 meters clocking 2:19.80. 1 seconds away from her record.
On Saturday, the last day of competition, Joy Abousleiman finished 5th in the Triple Jump with 10.51 meters, and then won the second bronze medal for Lebanon with her teammates Sandy Karam (her second bronze), Sara Joe Kortbawi and Joelle Feghali, in the 4x400m Relay!
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