Arabs’ record after today’s competitions at the 2020 Olympics … Egyptian gold and Saudi silver plated gold

Egyptian karate player Feryal Ashraf Abdel Aziz gave her country the first gold medal in the competitions today, Saturday, penultimate, of the Olympic Games “Tokyo 2020”, in Japan.

The penultimate day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics saw 5 different medals, including gold Feryal Ashraf Abdel Aziz, who won the final bout in the 61kg category, against Azerbaijani Irina Zaretska, with a score of 2-0.

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His compatriot Ahmed El-Gendy won the modern pentathlon silver medal with a score of 1477 points, 5 points behind British champion Joe Chung, who won the gold medal with 1482 points.

South Korean Daeun Wong-tae finished third with 1,470 points, winning bronze.

Thus, Egypt today won the first gold and silver medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, after 4 bronze medals.

Meanwhile, Saudi Arabian Tariq Hamdi lost the Olympic gold medal in the men’s 75 kg karate competition “Kumte”, after being ejected from the final match against his Iranian competitor, Sajjad Kanjazadeh, by an arbitration award for committing a technical error of the fourth degree, due to “violent play”. Where the Saudi kicked the face of his Iranian opponent, knocking him to the ground, leaving the room injured on the stretcher, and excluding Al-Hamdi, while he was ahead (4-1) on his opponent two minutes before the end, to settle for the silver medal.

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Bahraini runner Kalkidan Jizahijn gave her country the first medal at the Olympic Summer Games, currently being held in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, by winning silver in the 10,000 meters.

Kalkidan Jizahigen took second place, cutting off the race which took place on Saturday, with a time of 29 minutes 56.18 seconds.

Meanwhile, Dutchman Sivan Hassan won the gold medal, having run the race with a time of 29 minutes 55.33 seconds.

While the bronze medal went to the Ethiopian Letesenbet Gedi, who reached the third final streak after 30 minutes 1.72 seconds.

Here is the table of the medals of the Arab countries at the Olympic Games of “Tokyo 2020”, after the competitions of Saturday, August 7, 2021:

1- Qatar – with two gold medals

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

2- Egypt – 1 gold medal, 1 silver medal and 4 bronze medals

• The gold medal was won by Faryal Ashraf Abdel Aziz, karate player
• The silver medal was won by Ahmed Al-Jundi in the modern pentathlon competitions
• The bronze medal was won by Taekwondo player Hedaya Malak
• The bronze medal was won by Taekwondo player Seif Issa
• The bronze medal was won by wrestler Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed “Kisho”
• The bronze medal was won by karateka Gianna Farouk

3- Tunisia – a gold medal and a silver medal

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

4- Morocco – gold medal

• Sofiane El Bakkali won the 3000m steeplechase

5- Jordan – a silver medal and a bronze medal

• The silver medal was won by taekwondo player Saleh Al-Sharbati
• The bronze medal was won by karate player Abdul Rahman Al-Musafa

6- Saudi Arabia – silver medal

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• The silver medal was won by Karate player Tariq Hamdi

7- Kuwait – Bronze Medal

• The bronze medal was won by Rami Abdullah Al-Rashidi

8- Syria – Bronze Medal

• The bronze medal was won by Maan Asaad

9- Bahrain – a silver medal in the 10,000m

• The silver medal was won by runner Kalkidan Jizahijn.

Source: agencies

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