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Egyptians to watch in the Olympics – Part II
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Here&#;s the second and final part of KingFut&#;s feature about Egyptians to watch in the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Recap the first part of KingFut&#;s Egyptians to watch in the Olympics.
Alaaeldin Abouelkassem
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The fencer is no stranger to the Olympics as he won one of two Egypt&#;s silver medals in the Olympics in London, the other medalist being Karam Gaber.
Aboulkassem achieved a gigantic surprise by becoming the first Egyptian and African to win a fencing medal at the Olympics. He gave Egyptians something to cheer passionately for as he was very close to gold before being defeated by China’s Sheng Leii after injuring his arm.
The year-old will potentially lead the Egyptian delegation as the flagbearer in the opening ceremony. He&#;s ranked ninth in the FIE foil rankings and has recently won two gold medals in the Brazzaville African games in
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Post Games Press Release 20/08/
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Olympic Games - LONDON
Great Britain opened their arms to welcome the world to the London Olympic Games.
In a burst of fire, music, dancing and farm animals the people of Great Britain opened their arms to welcome the world to the London Olympic Games, and begin a journey that will lead to more than athletes achieving their ultimate dream: an Olympic gold medal.
The first day of the Olympic fencing competitions at the Excel venue started with an enormous number of spectators attending the event, up to , making a record of attendances for fencing competitions ever. The Italian Olympic success story continues in London with gold medalist Elisa Di FRANCISCA (ITA) after her win over the silver medalist Arianna ERRIGO (ITA). After her win over Hyun Hee NAM (KOR), bronze medalist Valentina VEZZALI (ITA) was defeated by the Arianna ERRIGO (ITA) on the semi-finals. "It was such a tremendous match
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Egypt is scheduled to compete at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August
Egypt first participated at the Olympic Games in , and has sent athletes to compete in most editions of the Summer Olympic Games since then.
Egyptian athletes have won a total of 26 medals, with weightlifting as the top medal-producing sport.
Rio Olympics Medal
First medal
Sarah Samir secured on Wednesday 10/8/ Egypt's first medal in Rio
Samir won the bronze in Women's 69kg Weightlifting. She lifted kg in total.
Egypt’s second bronze medal
Egyptian weightlifter Mohamed Ihab won Egypt’s second bronze medal at the Rio Olympics in the 77kg men’s weightlifting event.
Ihab, who managed to lift kg, came in third place, scoring Egypt’s second bronze medal in the Rio Olympics after weightlifter Sara Ahmed came in third place in the women’s 69kg event.
List of medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
Gold | El-Sayed Nossier |
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