Sisi Honors Modern Pentathlon Champions

By Maydaa Abo El-Nadar

ASWAN, MAR.21 (SEE)- President Abdel Fattah El Sisi honored modern pentathlon champions Haidy Adel and Ahmed Elgendy, at the Arab and African Youth Forum’s closing ceremony, held in the Egyptian tourist city, Aswan.

The Egyptian duo Elgendy and Adel drove Egypt to the mixed relay competitions’ gold after they accumulated 1432 points at the Modern Pentathlon World Cup that took place at the Platinum Club, Egypt. In addition, Elgendy snatched the tournament’s gold at the men’s inpidual games.

Previously, Adel won the women’s games, while her fellow citizen Elgendy won the men’s ones at the African Modern Pentathlon Championship, qualifying for the Tokyo’s Summer Olympic Games 2020, which also took place at the Platinum Club.

His victories during 2018 were numerous including winning gold at the World Junior and the World Youth Championships. He was also named the Best Junior Player by the International Modern Pentathlon Federation.

However, his most remarkable triumph in 2018 was at the Buenos Aires Summer Youth Olympic Games, after he won the boys inpidual’s gold and the mixed relay competitions’ gold (along with China’s Gu Yewen).

He started 2019 with receiving the Mohamed bin Rashed Al Maktoum Creative Sports Award, for his achievements from 1 September 2017 to 31 August 2018.