Egypt’s Ahmed Elgendy has won the men’s modern pentathlon at the 2024 Olympic Games, becoming only the second non-European and the first African to win the traditional multi-event discipline. In the ...

VERSAILLES, France — Ahmed Elgendy of Egypt became the first athlete from Africa to win the Olympic gold medal in modern pentathlon at the Paris Games on Saturday. Elgendy had dealt with shoulder ...

IMAGE: Egypt's Ahmed Elgendy celebrates winning the gold medal after the Modern Pentathlon men's final Laser Run at Chateau de Versailles, Versailles, France, on Saturday. Photograph: Zohra ...

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 ...

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Versailles, France: Ahmed Elgendy of Egypt became the first athlete from Africa to win the Olympic gold medal in modern pentathlon at the Paris Games on Saturday. Elgendy had dealt with shoulder ...