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Egypt Aims for Glory at 2024 Paris Olympics

July 30, 2024
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By Nadine Tag

Journalist

The Egyptian delegation at the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics.
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By Nadine Tag

Journalist

Egypt is participating in the Paris 2024 Olympics Games with an impressive array of sports and athletes. The Egyptian delegation is set to be the largest in the country’s history, with a total of 164 athletes, including 16 substitutes, competing across 22 sports. Egypt participates in the Olympics in sports such as athletics, football, handball, beach volleyball, swimming, diving, sailing, rowing, boxing, taekwondo, judo, wrestling, weightlifting, tennis, table tennis, modern pentathlon, fencing, shooting, archery, cycling, equestrian, and canoeing/kayaking. This expansive representation includes participation in three team sports—volleyball, rhythmic gymnastics, and artistic swimming—highlighting Egypt’s broad and ambitious involvement in this prestigious event. Olympic medalists Sara Samir and Ahmed Elgendy served as the flagbearers for the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on 27 July. This year’s edition features five previous Egyptian Olympic medalists, including, Alaa Abouelkassem, who won silver in individual foil at London 2012, weightlifter Sara Samir, who secured bronze in Rio de Janeiro 2016, Ahmed El-Gendy, who earned silver in pentathlon at Tokyo 2020, wrestler Mohamed Ibrahim, who took bronze in Tokyo 2020, and Seif Issa, who also won bronze in taekwondo at Tokyo 2020. To date,…


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