Paris Olympics: Ahmed El Gendy wins gold in modern pentathlon

The Egyptian modern pentathlon team player, Ahmed El Gendy, won the gold medal in the men’s competition at the Olympic Games hosted by the French capital, Paris.

Ahmed El Gendy wins gold and sets new Olympic record The Egyptian champion won the gold medal with 1,555 points, setting a new Olympic record, after shining in the semi-finals and achieving a new Olympic record with 1,516 points to reach the final.

This is Ahmed El Gendy's second Olympic medal after winning the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics.

Thus, the Egyptian team now has three medals in the Paris Olympics: the gold medal for Ahmed El Gendy in modern pentathlon, the silver medal for Sara Samir in weightlifting, and the bronze medal for Mohamed El Sayed in fencing.

The Egyptian delegation is the largest in the history of the Olympic Games, as it includes 164 athletes, 148 of whom are regulars and 16 are substitutes, competing in 22 sports, making the Pharaonic delegation the largest in the history of the Arabs and Africa.

The most important information about Ahmed El Gendy, the gold medalist El Gendy first competed in the Republic Modern Pentathlon Championship at the age of eight, and after finishing third in the local championship in March 2008, El Gendy continued to compete in the Republic Modern Pentathlon Championship until 2017.

In 2018, El-Gendy won a gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games, a gold medal at the World Youth Championships, and a gold medal at the World Junior Championships with the first ever triple-double at the world level.

He was selected by the International Pentathlon Federation (IPF) as the best young athlete twice in a row, and his name was included in the Egyptian National Honor Roll in 2019. Ahmed El Gendy also won the silver medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, making him the first African to win an Olympic medal in the modern pentathlon.