The 24-year, who won a silver medal at Tokyo 2020, set a new world record with 1,555 points to beat the previous one of 1,551 set by Csaba Bohm of Hungay in June.

Elgendy had already set in the semis an Olympic record of 1,516 points before making an upgrade in the final.

In the final day, he made strong showings in riding with 300 points, fencing with 245 points and swimming with 322 points after finishing the 200m freestyle in 1:59.30m. 

He had a 17 second head start for the last event, the laser run his speciality. He won by 13 seconds over Taishu Sato of Japana claiming 698 points and the World record.

Elgendy became the first athlete from Africa to win the Olympic gold medal in Modern pentathlon 

His gold is the first for Egypt in Paris and the overall third after Mohamed Elsayed's bronze in fencing, and Sara Samir's silver in weighlifting earlier in the day.

The Paris Olympics are the last time modern pentathlon will include horse riding as part of its program before it brings in “American Ninja Warrior” - style obstacle courses for the 2028 Los Angeles Games.

The decision to drop horse riding and bring in obstacle courses was made after a coach on the German team struck a horse during the Tokyo competition, prompting an outcry over animal welfare.

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