Ahmed Elgendy – Credit: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Egypt’s Ahmed Elgendy entered the Games as a heavy favorite, and he was nearly perfect from start-to-finish. He won gold in the men’s event while setting a world record with 1555 points. On ...
Ahmed Elgendy wins the men’s modern pentathlon. – Credit: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images It was the Ahmed Elgendy show as he dominated the laser run in the men’s pentathlon to win gold and set a world record of 1555 points. With ...
Ahmed Elgendy competes in the swim discipline of the modern pentathlon. – Credit: Maja Hitij/Getty Images The women had a day off in the modern pentathlon while the men would compete in two groups (semifinal A and semifinal B). The ...
Joseph Choong competes in the fencing round of the modern pentathlon. – Credit: Elsa/Getty Images Britain’s reigning Modern Pentathlon champion Joe Choong choked back tears and said he was ‘gutted’ after finishing the opening fencing ranking round 29th of 36 competitors at the ...
Marvin Dogue and Csaba Bohm compete in fencing during the modern pentathlon. – Credit: Elsa/Getty Images The fencing ranking round started the competition in the men’s and women’s pentathlon on Day 13 at the Paris Olympics. France’s Elodie Clouvel took ...
Ahmed El-Gendy competes in the men’s laser run in modern pentathlon. – Credit: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images Egypt, the most populous Arab country, has only a single bronze medal so far from the Paris Olympics and the pressure is building on ...
Laura Asadauskaite competes at the Tokyo Games. – Credit: Dan Mullan/Getty Images The events of the modern pentathlon will take place at two different venues. The North Paris Arena will host the men’s and women’s fencing rounds. The Chateau de ...