CAIRO, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian fencer Mohamed El Sayed won the bronze medal in the men's Epee event on Sunday at the Paris 2024 Olympics, the first medal in the Games for Egypt, state-run Nile TV reported.
El Sayed, 21, began fencing at the age of six. He defeated Hungarian Tibor Andrasfi following a hard-fought 8-7 win in Paris.
This is Egypt's second medal in fencing after Alaaeldin Abouelkassem's silver at the London Olympics in 2012.
Egypt sent a 149-competitor delegation to Paris Games. ■