{"id":297003,"date":"2021-08-09T14:10:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T17:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=297003"},"modified":"2021-08-10T18:58:19","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T21:58:19","slug":"arab-countries-earned-five-gold-medals-at-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/arab-countries-earned-five-gold-medals-at-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Arab countries won five gold medals at Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The Arab countries that competed in the Tokyo Olympics won five gold, five silver and eight bronze medals, in a total of 18, according to the competition\u2019s official table. The accomplishments came from Qatar, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Syria. The schedule started officially on July 23 and ended this Sunday (8).<\/p>\n

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The Qatari duo earned bronze in men\u2019s beach volleyball<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Qatar<\/strong> was the top-ranked Arab country in the games, with three medals, including two gold and one bronze. They were the first two Olympic gold medals in Qatar\u2019s history. Athlete Fares Ibrahim El-Bakh won gold in men\u2019s 96kg weightlifting and Mutaz Essa Barshim in the high jump.<\/p>\n

Qatar\u2019s bronze medal came from men\u2019s beach volleyball. On Friday (6), Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan defeated the Latvian duo Martin Plavins and Edgar Tocs. The performance of the Qatari team was astonishing. The Latvians had eliminated the Brazilian duo Alison and \u00c1lvaro from the competition.<\/p>\n

The second best-placed Arab country in Tokyo was Egypt<\/strong>, with six medals, one gold, one silver, and four bronze. The Egyptian gold came from women\u2019s Karate Kumite, with athlete Feryal Abdelaziz (opening picture),<\/em> in the over 61 kg category. Ahmed Elgendy won silver in the modern pentathlon. Giana Lotfy won bronze in women\u2019s under 61kg Kumite, Seif Eissa in men\u2019s 80 kg taekwondo, Hedaya Malak in women\u2019s 67 kg taekwondo, and Mohamed Ibrahim Elsayed in men\u2019s 67 kg wrestling. Egypt was ranked 54th in the games.<\/p>\n

Tunisia<\/strong> was the third best-ranked Arab country in Tokyo, in 58th. The country earned two medals, one gold, and one silver. The gold came from Ahmed Hafnaoui, in men\u2019s 400 m freestyle swimming. Athlete Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi earned silver for Tunisia in men\u2019s 58 kg taekwondo.<\/p>\n

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Ahmed Hafnaoui won gold for Tunisia<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Morocco<\/strong> came 63rd with a gold medal in men\u2019s 3,000 m hurdles in athletics by Soufiane El Bakkali. Jordan<\/strong> took 74th place with one silver by Saleh Elsharabaty in men\u2019s 80 kg taekwondo and a bronze by Abdel Rahman Almasatfa in men\u2019s 67 kg Kumite.<\/p>\n

Bahrain<\/strong> finished 77th with one silver by Kalkidan Gezahegne in women\u2019s 10,000 m athletics. Saudi Arabia<\/strong> reached the same position as Bahrain, with a silver medal from Tareq Hamedi in men\u2019s over 75kg Kumite.<\/p>\n

Kuwait<\/strong> came 86th, with a bronze from Abdullah Alrashidi in men\u2019s shooting. Syria<\/strong>, also in 86th place, earned a bronze medal with athlete Man Asaad in men\u2019s over 109kg weightlifting.<\/p>\n

Translated by El\u00fasio Brasileiro<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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