PARIS, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Ahmed Elgendy won Egypt's first gold medal at the Paris Olympics in modern pentathlon. The 24-year-old, who took silver at Tokyo 2020, set a new world record with 1,555 ...

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.