New country joins Arab medal tally after today’s competitions at 2020 Olympics

Morocco became the sixth Arab country to hoist its flag on the podium at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan, which was postponed from last year due to the Corona pandemic.

Today’s (tenth day) competitions of the “Tokyo 2020” Olympics resulted in a single Arab medal that went to Morocco, her first in these games.

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Moroccan runner Sofiane Bekkali won the gold medal in the 3000m steeplechase, which took place today Monday, cutting the race distance with a time of (08:08:90) minutes, leaving the silver medal to Ethiopian GIRMA Lamecha, while bronze went to Kenyan Benjamin KIGEN Benjamin.

Sufian El-Baqali, 25, received his country’s first gold medal in Tokyo, and the first at the Olympics since the 2004 Athens Olympics, and it is the fourth gold medal for the Arabs at the Tokyo Olympics so far.

Here is the table of the medals of the Arab countries at the Olympic Games of “Tokyo 2020”, after the competitions of Monday, August 2, 2021:

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1- Qatar – with two medals

• The gold medal in weightlifting was won by weightlifter Faris Ibrahim
• The gold medal in the high jump won by Moataz Issa Barshim

2- Tunisia – a gold medal and a silver medal

• The gold medal was won by swimmer Ahmed Hafnawy
• The silver medal was won by taekwondo player Ahmed El-Gendoubi

3- Morocco – a gold medal won by Sofiane El Bakkali in the 3000m steeplechase

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4- Jordan – a silver medal won by taekwondo player Saleh Al-Sharbati

5- Egypt – a bronze medal, won by taekwondoist Hedaya Malak, and another bronze by taekwondoist Seif Issa

6- Kuwait – Bronze medal won by Rami Abdullah Al-Rashidi

Source: agencies

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