Tarek Hamdi Wins 1st Medal For Saudi Arabia, Tokyo 2020 Olympics : August 07th, 2021

Tarek Hamdi .Karate. Athlete.

 Tarek Hamdi wins a silver medal in the Men’s karate competition at Tokyo Olympics.

Hamdi had endured a heartbreaking end to the final of the Men’s Karate Kumite +75kg when a penalty for dangerous play denied him a gold when he was leading 4-1 against Sajag Ganzjadeh of Iran, who departed the mat at Nippon Budokan arena on a stretcher. The match was awarded as a default 4-0 win for the Iranian.

This is Saudi Arabia’s second silver in its history after runner Hadi Sawan picked up silver in the 400m hurdles at the Sydney 2000 Games.

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Giana Farouk Wins 4th Medal For Egypt. Country’s First in Karate, Tokyo 2020 Olympics : August 04th, 2021

Giana Farouk. Karate. Athlete.

Giana Farouk wins Egypt’s first medal in Karate.

Farouk became the first Arab and African Karateka to win a medal in the Olympic Games in the sport’s historic debut at the Olympic Games as one of the four sports added specifically for 2020 Olympic Games.

Giana’s bronze medal is Egypt’s fourth medal at Tokyo Olympic Games after Hedaya Malak and Seif Eissa who won the bronze in Taekwondo and Mohamed Ibrahim Kesho who won the bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling.

Visit www.gianafarouk.com for a complete list of her winning records

source/contents: egypttoday.com

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