Paris 2024 Day 16 summary: Egypt's Halima Abbas finishes 7th in Weightlifting, Cyclist Ebtissam Zayed finishes 21st in Omnium Race

Ahram Online is providing a summary of how Egyptian athletes fare on Sunday

Ahram Online , Sunday 11 Aug 2024,

Halima Abbas
Halima Abbas of Egypt reacts during the women's +81kg weightlifting event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Paris, France. AP

 

15:35 Egyptian cyclist Ebtissam Zayed finished her Omnium campaign with a 20th-place finish in the Elimination Race 4, scoring 35 points. She came 21st in the overall ranking with 15 points.

14:40 Egypt's Halima Abbas finished seventh in the women's +81 weightlifting competition. She lifted a total of 260 kilograms but didn't make it to the top three.

14:30 Egyptian cyclist Ebtissam Zayed continues her Omnium campaign with a 14th-place finish in the Elimination Race 3, scoring 14 points. The Egyptian cyclist will wrap up the competition today with the final race.

13:50 Egyptian athlete Malak Ismail finished the final event, the laser run, in eleventh place with a score of 613 points. This places her twelfth overall in the Modern Pentathlon competition with a total of 1395 points.

13:25 Egyptian athlete Malak Ismail is still in ninth place after the swimming event. She finished with a time of 2 minutes and 16.94 seconds, earning 277 points. Her total score now stands at 782 points.

13:15 Egyptian cyclist Ebtissam Zayed placed 21st out of 22 riders in the Tempo Race 2, scoring negative 20 points. Zayed will compete in the remaining events later today as she aims to improve her overall position.

13:00 Egyptian athlete Malak Ismail just finished the fencing part of the competition and scored 212 points. This puts her in ninth place. But after adding up all her points so far, she's now in tenth place with 505 points.

12:30 Egyptian athlete Malak Ismail scored 293 in the horse jumping part of the Modern Pentathlon, with only 7 points lost out of 300. This puts her in 10th place.


Egypt's Malik Ismail rides Viens Tu de Sey during the final riding show of the women's individual in the modern pentathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Versailles, France. AP
 

12:15 Egyptian cyclist Ebtissam Zayed finished in 11th place out of 22 riders in the Scratch Race. Zayed will compete in the other parts of the race later today.

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