The modern pentathlete won silver as a relative unknown at the Tokyo Games in 2021, becoming the first African to win an Olympic medal in the sport, but he starts the competition on Thursday with a ...

Egyptian athlete Ahmed Elgendy has made Olympic history by winning the first-ever Modern Pentathlon gold medal for both his country and the African continent at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Elgendy entered the Games as a question mark after dislocating his shoulder in June. On Day 1 of the competition, he finished tied for the top spot with Ukraine’s Oleksandr Tovkai with 245 points.

Ahmed Elgendy took Egypt’s first gold medal with a world record 1,555 points, despite slowing at the end, and Italy’s Giorgio Malan the bronze, meaning three continents were represented on the ...

Giorgio Malan took bronze in the modern pentathlon with the gold going to Egypt's Ahmed Elgendy, who set a new world record, ...

I want to end on a high.' Gold in the men's modern pentathlon this summer went to Egypt's Ahmed Elgendy, with Taishu Sato of ...