The bespectacled Ahmed Elgendy from Egypt claimed Olympic gold in Modern Pentathlon at the Palace of Versailles on 10 August for the first Olympic gold medal for Egypt and Africa in the sport. Elgendy amassed a world record score of 1,555 points, beating Japanese Sato Taishu (1542 points) and Italian Giorgion Malan (1536 points). This […]
