Egyptian fencer Alaa Abouelkassem will bid for another Olympic medal when he begins his campaign at the Rio de Janeiro Games on Sunday.

Aboulkassem, who was given a bye into the round of 32 at the men's foil, faces Alexander Choupenitch of the Czech Republic at 16:00 Cairo time (14:00 GMT).

He suffered a scare just a few days before the Games got underway after hurting his ankle but his doctor confirmed that the 25-year-old, one of two Egyptian athletes to win a medal at the 2012 London Games, would be fit to play on Sunday.

Abouelkassem made history when he became the first Egyptian and African athlete to win a fencing Olympic medal, clinching silver after putting on a brave fight in a defeat by China's Lei Sheng four years ago.

Swimmer Marwan El-Kamash will feature in the men's 200m freestyle after agonisingly missing out on a place in the final of the 400m freestyle on Saturday despite finishing first in his heat. His overall rank was 16^th.

Two boxers also begin their Olympic campaign on Sunday, with Mahmoud Abdel-Aal facing Algeria's Reda Benbaziz in the preliminary round of the men's 60 kg event and Walid Seddiq playing Britain's Josh Kelly in the 69 kg contest.

Sherine El-Zeini also features in the Gymnastics Artistic preliminary round and Egypt's volleyball team opens its campaign against Poland.

Egypt's beach volleyball team will also face Germany in its first game.

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