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ELITE Vol.1, issue 34, August 2021
Vol.1, issue 34, August 2021

Another notable participating athlete is Tunisian swimmer which happened on the sixth day of
Ahmed El Hefnawy who secured the first African and Arab the summer games after scoring two
gold medal in this version of the Olympic games in the 100 phenomenal goals. It is also worth
meter freestyle race. Not to forget the achievement of Saudi mentioning how ElAhly goalkeeper
Arabian athlete Tarek Hamdi who one the silver medal in the ElShenawy, with one of the main reasons for our
karate finals, acquiring Saudi Arabia's first medal since the qualification,especially after defending a deadly goal by the
2000 Olympic Games. Furthermore, Norwegian athlete end of the game. This win didn’t last long as our team lost 1-0
Kristian Blummenfelt surprises everyone by vomiting right against Brazil in the quarterfinals, ending the team’s journey in
after securing the gold medal at the men's triathlon race then the Olympics.
needing to leave in a wheelchair, from not being able to handle As for the national handball team, they continued their series
the scorching Tokyo summer heat. Moreover, Australian of successes post World Cup by beating Portugal 37-31 in a
swimmer Emma McKeon collected seven medals this head-to-head game. But when it came to the most anticipated
Olympics, four gold medals along with three bronze medals. game against world champions Denmark, our national team
This version of the Olympic Games witnessed a strong Arab lost with a 5-goals difference, despite displaying a very
participation with Tunisia winning a gold medal and a silver prideful performance, especially by the USAM Nîmes Gard
medal, Morocco winning the golden medal in the Men's 3000 player Ahmed Hisham who is expected to have a very bright
meters steeplechase, along with Bahrain's silver medal, in future. As for our legendary player Ahmed ElAhmar, who is
addition to other notable achievements. perceived as one of Egypt's best ever players, he was
From early leaves to gold medals, our Egyptian Olympic announced the historical top scorer for the Egyptian national
Delegation surely is a special one. Participating in a total of 27 team in the Olympics with a total of goals of 84, after leading
competitions, Egypt has written history with its biggest the team to their second win by beating Japan 33-29 with him
number of participants yet with 133 main players and 13 scoring a total of 8 goals in the game.
backups. By the last day of the Summer Games, Egypt has
achieved a total of 6 medals; 4 Bronze, 1 Silver and 1 Gold
medal breaking the record for most won medals in its Olympic
history since it first participated in 1928.
Kicking off their Olympic journey, the U24 football team
alongside 3 additional players, led by Captain Shawky
Ghareeb, tied in score with their opponent, Spain, in a very
anticipated match. Sports critics believed that such a result is
perceived as a win for our Olympic team as Spain was a very
challenging opponent.
On Sunday 25th, the second match took place against the
Argentine with a title of "Missed Opportunities". Despite
having better tactics than that of Spain's match, our team
displayed a very defensive performance leading to a 1-0 loss. And the journey goes on with scoring their third win over
However, this all changed after Argentina lost to Spain in a Sweden on the 8th day of the Olympics leading to their
very strong match leading to increasing Egypt's chances in qualification to the quarterfinals. On Thursday 5th of August,
qualifying for the quarter finals in case of beating Australia,
our national team lost to France 27-23 and was set to face
Spain on the following Saturday for the Bronze medal,
however, luck was not on our side despite the very prideful
performance displayed by our handball champions. This put
us in the top 4 Olympic teams making it one of the best
achievements for Arab and African team games, while also
marking the end of ElAhmar's international career as top
Arab scorer in the Olympics history with 106 goals.

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