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

Keeping up to everyone's expectations in Taekwondo, the Rio
Bronze medalist Hedaya Malak, brought home yet another
Bronze medal and the first one in the 2020 Olympics, writing
history as the first Egyptian woman to score 2 bronze medals
in a row. The Tokyo games witnessed another one of our
young champions, Seif Eissa, scoring a bronze medal after
beating his Norwegian opponent 12-4 in a very well-played
game. With this achievement Egypt entered the medalists' list
with 2 medals in a span of 15 minutes.
In the second week of the Olympic Games, Egypt took the
world by storm starting off with "Mohamed Ibrahim (Kesho)"
after scoring a bronze medal in the Greco-Roman Wrestling
Competition in 67 Kg after beating his Russian opponent
Artem Surkov following keesho's loss in the semi finals
against Ukrainian opponent in the last seconds of the game
with a 1 point difference. Ensuing such a success, Giana
Farouk scored the first Arab and African Bronze medal in
Karate Kumite 61 kg in the Olympic history after securing a
medal and lost to her Chinese opponent in the semifinals
despite her outstanding performance.
And then the unexpected happened,the 21 years old Ahmed El-
Gendy surprised us all by winning the first-ever Silver medal
for Egypt in the Modern Pentathlon Competition displaying an
exceptional performance. The 2018 Olympics gold medalist
was able to turn his loss into a great victory by advancing from
thirteenth place to second in his last competition with 1477
points, 5 points behind gold medalist Joseph Choong. It is
worth noting that Modern Pentathlon is a complex sport of the
Olympic Games, which includes five competitions in archery,
fencing, swimming, equestrian and running.

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