The delayed 2020 Olympics finally kicked off last week after a long delay caused by the pandemic, and we’re enjoying every bit of the tournament so far. 

We’re proud of our athletes who have amazed us with their skills, and even if their journey got cut short, we’re still proud of the way they performed and how they raised the Egyptian flag high in the skies of Tokyo.

Now, allow us to introduce you to the heroes, our pride and joys, that have so far won medals!

Taekwondo fighter Hedaya Malak won a bronze medal after defeating Malia Paseka of Tonga 19-0 in the Women 67 KG repechage on Monday. This is her second medal, after getting her first taste of glory at Rio 2016, where she also won bronze. What’s more awe-inspiring is that Malak became the fifth Egyptian and only the second Egyptian woman to win multiple Olympic medals!

It looks like Egypt is taking over the Taekwondo medals table! Egyptian, Seif Eissa followed in the steps of Malak and won Egypt’s second bronze medal after beating Noway’s Richard Andre Ordemann 12-4 in the men’s 80 KG category. Our very own Mo Salah congratulated both Hedaya Malak and Seif Issa on claiming the first two Bronze Medals for Egypt in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

“Congratulations to Hedaya Malak and Seif Issa for winning Bronze Medal at Tokyo Olympics. And to others who weren’t lucky enough to continue in the tournament, I would like to say that we all support you. We all know that your goal is to honour our country, and we appreciate your unprecedented work and wish you all the best in what’s coming next”, Salah tweeted.

Another source of pride is Alaaeldin Abouelkassem, who qualified for the men’s foil fencing quarterfinals, and we’ll be cheering him throughout the rest of his journey!

Egypt’s fencing team came in fifth and, in doing so, recorded the country’s best fencing result at the Olympics after beating Iran 45-24!. 

Egypt’s Omar Assar also made history by winning his game against Chinese Taipei’s Chih Yuan Chuang in table tennis, making him the first Egyptian and second African to reach the quarterfinal in table tennis in the history of the Olympics! But, unfortunately, he missed out on progressing further after defeat to China’s Long Ma.

Remember that as long as we keep sending positive thoughts their way, they can and will, with our support, win more medals and bring back glory and honour.