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Speed-Ball (Arabic: كرة السرعة / [kurat.assurʕa]) is a racquet sport invented in Egypt in 1961 by Mohamed Lotfy, [1] father of Hussein Lotfy (first world champion) and Ahmad Lotfy (the present president of FISB), for the training of beginner tennis players.
Egypt competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Since the nation's debut in 1912, Egyptian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except for two occasions: the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles because of the worldwide Great Depression and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, as part of the United States-led boycott.
Abdelrahman Wael (men's 68 kg), 2014 Youth Olympic bronze medalist Seif Eissa (men's 80 kg), Nour Abdelsalam (women's 49 kg), and Rio 2016 bronze medalist Hedaya Malak (women's 67 kg) secured the spots on the Egyptian squad with a top two finish each in their respective weight classes at the 2020 African Qualification Tournament in Rabat, Morocco.
2024 is nearly complete, and with it goes a year of some of the most incredible sports moments in recent memory. From the Olympics to championship droughts ending to unforgettable upsets across ...
The number of Egyptian female athletes participating in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney has reached 15, representing the largest number of female athletes from Egypt at the Summer Olympics since the inception of Egyptian women's participation in the Games. In addition to swimming, synchronized swimming, diving, table tennis, and judo, Egypt ...
The post Video: Incredible Sportsmanship Moment At The Summer Olympics appeared first on The Spun. After disaster struck at the Tokyo Olympics in the men’s 800 Meters, two runners that fell to ...
Egypt also participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in protest of the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. Egypt's participation at the Winter Olympic Games was a single alpine skier in 1984. Egyptian athletes have won a total of 41 medals, with weightlifting as its top sport.
The nation returned to the Summer Games after participating in the African boycott of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. However, Egypt did not participate in the Soviet-led boycott . 114 competitors, 108 men and 6 women, took part in 74 events in 15 sports.