Fencer El Sayed wins first medal for Egypt at Paris Olympics

Fencer Mohamed El Sayed won Egypt's first medal in Paris 2024 after securing the bronze in the Men's Epee Individual event following a hard-fought win over Tibor Andrasfi of Hungary 8-7

Ahram Online , Sunday 28 Jul 2024,

Mohamed Elsayed
Egypt's Mohamed Elsayed celebrates after winning the men's individual Epee bronze final match against Hungary's Tibor Andrasfi during the 2024 Summer Olympics at the Grand Palais, Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Paris, France. AP

 

With the score draw at 7-7 after three rounds, El-Sayed had to grab the winner in overtime. 

This is Egypt's second medal in fencing following the silver of Alaa Aboulkassem in London 2012. 

World number ten, El Sayed began his day by dominating John Rodriguez of Colombia with a commanding score of 15-7 in the round of 32

The 21-year-old maintained his impressive run by defeating Italy's Andrea Santarelli 15-10 in the round of 16, before beating Neisser Loyola of Belgium 9-8 in the quarters. 

He missed out the gold medal contest after losing in the semis to Frenchman and world number 3 Yannick Borel 15-9.   

El-Sayed's medal is the first for Africa in Epee. 

In his debut appearance at Tokyo 2020, El Sayed was eliminated in the quarter-finals at just 18 years old.

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