As the 2015 Special Olympics came to an end, Egypt’s athletes made their country proud, celebrating the achievement of 50 medals. Egypt’s 68 Special Olympic athletes managed to win a total of 13 gold, 20 silver and 16 bronze medals. The Los Angeles Special Olympics have seen 6,500 athletes representing 165 countries, along with 30,000 volunteers and more than 500,000 spectators, celebrate the unique and remarkable stories of perseverance, dedication and achievements of those with intellectual disabilities. Egypt’s athletes are participated in a number of sports, including: aquatics, athletics, badminton, basketball, bocce, bowling, power-lifting, table tennis, tennis, equestrian, football and handball. Egypt’s gold medals were won by the delegation’s ‘Football/7-A-Side’ men’s team, the women’s basketball team, Amro Abd-almaguid and Mohamed El-gharbi in equestrian, Mohamed Ahmed and Mariam Youssef in the 100 meter freestyle swimming competition (men and women respectively), Nadin Ahmed in the 25 meter backstroke swimming competition, Hadeel Sallam in the 25 meter freestyle swimming competition, Ahmed Beshir in shotput, Yasmin Soliman in long jump, Mahmoud Khalil in the 200 meter running competition, Mohamed Abdalla in tennis singles and Shaymaa Ahmed and Wafaa Salem in tennis doubles. Meanwhile, Egypt’s…
