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Three new medals for Slovenia

22. August 2014 Nanjing 2014 Slovenia won three new medals today at the Youth Olympic Games in China.

Slovenia won three new medals today at the Youth Olympic Games in China. Žiga Lah and Ela Mičunović won silver medals in the 3-on-3 basketball tournament. Ela was silver in three-pointers and Žiga in slam-dunks. The amazing success of our basketballers is a huge encouragement and motivation for the rest of the 3-on-3 basketball tournament. "I am extremely happy! I sprang my ankle yesterday, but I trusted my physiotherapist and today I felt excellent, and I am truly ecstatic about this silver medal, which will be a great motivation for the rest of the 3-on-3 tournament", said Lah. "I am happy, completely over the moon, I did not expect for this to happen", said Mičunović after the game, who now expects to make it through to the eighth-finals of the 3-on-3 basketball tournament. 

  
Maruša Štangar also gave a spectacular performance today. She won all her matches, but unfortunately her team lost the semi-finals 3:4. »I am very happy, I put on a good fight, unfortunately things didn't work out at the end, the Italian judoist lost a few seconds before the end, but I can't complain because I know my co-competitors gave it their best. Now we can enjoy the Games and cheer for other Slovenian athletes", Štangar commented on the performances of Slovenian judoists.