Iraq wins gold medal in Arab cycling tournament

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraq snatched a gold medal in the Arab cycling tournament on Friday, followed by the host Tunisia as second and Algeria as third. “Iraq’s cyclists won a gold medal after going 48 kilometers in 95 minutes and 31 seconds, leaving the silver to Tunisia and the bronze to Algeria,” a source from the Iraqi delegation told IraqiNews.com news agency from Tunis. The first to go was Jordan, followed by the United Arab Emirates and five minutes later the Iraqis. AmR (P) 1