Ahmed Elgendy has made Olympics history for Egypt, winning the country’s first ever medal in the men’s modern pentathlon event and the country’s first non-bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Elgendy, who is just 21-years-old, won the historic silver medal after finishing in second place with 1,477 points, just five points away from Great Britain’s Joseph Choong. Modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport that comprises five different events: fencing, freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping and final combined ‘laser-run’ event of pistol shooting and cross country running. In a statement to Dostor in June 2021 before the 2020 Olympic Games kicked off, Elgendy said he was encouraged by his mother to participate in the five sports. “It was all a coincidence, when I was young my mother took me to a club to join the swimming team because I had allergies and my doctor recommended I start swimming to enhance my breathing,” said Elgendy, whose role model is fellow Egyptian modern pentathlete Aya Medany. “But my mother really liked the idea of doing five sports and encouraged me to join.” Elgendy previously won a bronze medal at the 2021…
Ahmed Elgendy Wins Egypt’s First Silver Medal at Tokyo 2020 Olympics
August 7, 2021
